Canada’s largest mobile carrier, Rogers, is officially offering HTC’s most impressive mid-range Android-powered handset, the One Mini, on any of its 2-year contracts for C$99.99 or C$399.99 on a month-to-month tariff.

When you think about Android, you automatically think smartphones and tablets, but Google’s platform is quickly becoming as widespread as Linux. It now powers more than 900 million devices worldwide, and it’s out there in places you wouldn’t expect it to be.

Android is the chosen platform for smartwatches from Sony, it makes Samsung’s futuristic fridges super smart, and it’s at the heart of the iQon in-car entertainment systems from Saab. It’s actually a flavor of Linux, but one that’s optimized for today’s mobile devices.

And because it’s so versatile, Android will soon be the operating system that powers everything, according to the Wired U.K. What’s Coming special edition (written by our own editor-in-chief Leander Kahney).

LG’s new Nexus 5 may launch with Android 4.4 KitKat right out of the box, but owners of the company’s flagship G2 won’t have to wait too long for the update. According to leaked information from French operator SFR, the G2 will get the release in either November or December.

HTC has begun rolling out its latest Android 4.3 update — complete with the latest Sense 5.5 user interface — to HTC One handsets in the United Kingdom. The release comes less than two weeks after the update made its debut on international handsets.

Acer CEO JT Wang has announced his decision to resign from the consumer electronics company following poor financial results and struggling PC sales. Wang will step down from the CEO position on January 1, but will remain chairman until the second quarter of 2014.

Acer president Jim Wong will become its new CEO.