UPDATE: Plenty of changes on our best Android phones 2016 list with the addition of Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL and Motorola Moto Z – read on to find out more!

Apple may have kickstarted the smartphone revolution when it launched its very first iPhone back in 2007, but it was Google’s Android operating system that truly took it mainstream.

With an open platform and multiple manufacturers using the operating system, Android was always destined for greatness. Today, Android is easily the biggest mobile OS in Australia.

With only a couple of exceptions (thanks Nokia), all the companies that were making mobile phones before iOS was launched now run Android.

Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC and Motorola all wave the Android flag proudly on their devices. 

Google itself now has its own branded flagship phones in the Google Pixel and its big brother, Google Pixel XL.

Still, the many variations in screen size, processing power, software features and design makes finding the best Android phone for you extremely tough.

To help find the best Android phone for you, we’ve rounded up the best Android handsets out there today, rating the phones on hardware performance, OS upgrade potential and, of course, how shiny and nice they are to have and boast about to work colleagues.

So here they are – the best Android phones money can buy today. For many, many different reasons.