It's the latest milestone as Google's mobile brand continues to swell, at some points even seeming out of control. The new number was confirmed by Andy Rubin, the Googler in charge of Android.

Rubin made his last official "this is how many Android devices are being activated every day" announcement back in June. At that time there were 500,000 activations per day.

So the rate at which new Android-powered phones and tablets ar...