minimum required Android versions for apps whose support "varies by device"

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I am researching what minimum versions of Android OS are required by popular apps in the Google Play store, but I'm having trouble finding that information for certain apps whose minimum OS version "varies by device", as in this screenshot of the Facebook app:

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I know I can answer my question by exhaustively attempting to install the apps on devices running different OS versions, but this would be a monumental task if, say, you wanted to find out the minimum version for a list of 10 apps.

Is there an easy way to find out what the minimum Android version is for different device models in Google Play?

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There seems to be no proper way of getting all data for all devices. I found some info about how Google Play makes this data available here: https://developer.android.com/google/play/filters#filtering-on-the-google-play-web-site.

So there is no better way than to try with different devices. One possible way of making this less tedious is to log in with a Google account on multiple devices (you can even log in on emulated devices) running different Android versions. You should then see which devices from your list support an app on the app's page on the Google Play website.

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When I open an app's page in chrome on Windows, I can just scroll down and see ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -> Requires Android -> x.x and up

I think inside the Google Play app itself, you can only find apps your device (on which Google Play is installed) supports.

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When you creates new project in Android Studio, there you can find the versions, with that you can create an app

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Also you can look in version distribution to see, what versions are currently in use.

And in wikipedia you can look, which verisons are supported and what name is what API level

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With support of 26+ you will create an app for almost 80% of all android users (at april 2021)

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