# Google's Flutter: 2 Million Developers, Uptick In Enterprise Use, New Release Model Revealed

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Liam Tung writing via ZDNet:

_Google says [two million developers have used its Flutter user-interface (UI) framework](https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-flutter-2-million-developers-uptick-in-enterprise-use-new-release-model-revealed/) for building apps targeting mobile, desktop, and the web since declaring it production ready at Google I/O 2018. Flutter is on the rise, [according to Google’s Tim Sneath](https://medium.com/flutter/flutter-spring-2020-update-f723d898d7af), who said Flutter use grew 10% in March compared with February – despite COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic impediments. He added that the UI framework now has “nearly half a million” developers who use it on a monthly basis. Most of them are also building on Windows, with 60% of Flutter users developing on Windows 10 PCs, 27% on macOS, and 13% on Linux. Google says over a third of Flutter users work at a startup, while 26% are developers working in the enterprise, 19% are self-employed, and 7% work for design agencies. There are also now 50,000 Flutter-built Android apps on the Google Play Store, and 10,000 of those were uploaded in the past month, according to Sneath._

 

_Google is also updating the release process for Flutter to improve the stability and predictability of its releases. Google found that Flutter contributors and developers didn’t understand when a release would be built and what code it would contain. Another issue is a lack of testing for branches, which means sporadic hotfix releases to address regressions or bugs, which also run the risk of introducing new bugs. Google is now moving to a branching model for Flutter, which commences with the April release and includes a “stabilization period” for the beta and stable releases to address key bugs that [have been selected by reviewers](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Flutter-Cherrypick-Process). Google will also align the Flutter and [Dart release processes and channels](https://dart.dev/get-dart#release-channels). This means Dart now has a beta channel, and it will be aligned with the Flutter beta channel._