Google has just released its monthly report on the distribution of Android versions across active devices. According to the Google’s newly announced Android figures, about 90% of Android users are on 4.0.3 or newer. The figures also show KitKat has risen in adoption.
All Android iterations before Froyo are gone, at 0.5% Froyo is also ready to drop off this chart soon. Honeycomb, the tablet-only precursor to Ice Cream Sandwich, is also gone from these figures.
All Android iterations before Froyo are gone, at 0.5% Froyo is also ready to drop off this chart soon. Honeycomb, the tablet-only precursor to Ice Cream Sandwich, is also gone from these figures.
KitKat rose from 30% or 33%, meaning all other iterations took a hit. The biggest losers for KitKat’s gain were Jelly Bean and Ice Cream Sandwich. They dropped roughly 2% and 1%, respectively.
With less than 0.1% of Android handsets running the Lollipop from Google, we can safely assume that updates aren’t being sought after as much as we thought they might be, even with Google’s Nexus devices currently in circulation. The Nexus 6 rollout has also been troubled, even by Nexus standards. We’re also wondering how well the Nexus 9 is selling; now that Lollipop is missing from this report.
The source code for Lollipop has been available for about a month, so we should see it on this chart come January 1, 2015. Even the more basic non-Nexus handsets, like the Google Play edition of the HTC One, have yet to see Lollipop.
Google has collected this data based on visitors to the Play Store over a seven day period (ending December 1st) and thus should a large chunk of people running older OS variants simply not have accessed the official marketplace, the numbers would be somewhat different if they had.
Google had announced a new Android 5.0 couple of months back. Lollipop brings with it a new “Material Design” language for the UI and accompanying apps along with 5,000 new APIs for developers. Lollipop includes a new battery save mode that will supposedly boost battery life by 90 minutes when users find themselves close to running out of battery. Lollipop also includes Factor Reset Protection, which lets device owners disable their phone remotely.
With less than 0.1% of Android handsets running the Lollipop from Google, we can safely assume that updates aren’t being sought after as much as we thought they might be, even with Google’s Nexus devices currently in circulation. The Nexus 6 rollout has also been troubled, even by Nexus standards. We’re also wondering how well the Nexus 9 is selling; now that Lollipop is missing from this report.
The source code for Lollipop has been available for about a month, so we should see it on this chart come January 1, 2015. Even the more basic non-Nexus handsets, like the Google Play edition of the HTC One, have yet to see Lollipop.
Google has collected this data based on visitors to the Play Store over a seven day period (ending December 1st) and thus should a large chunk of people running older OS variants simply not have accessed the official marketplace, the numbers would be somewhat different if they had.
Google had announced a new Android 5.0 couple of months back. Lollipop brings with it a new “Material Design” language for the UI and accompanying apps along with 5,000 new APIs for developers. Lollipop includes a new battery save mode that will supposedly boost battery life by 90 minutes when users find themselves close to running out of battery. Lollipop also includes Factor Reset Protection, which lets device owners disable their phone remotely.