Google has released the distribution numbers for the Android platform for the past 7 days leading up to April 6, 2015 and the news for Lollipop looks to be fairly good, with a steady increase in market share.
There’s been an increase in devices running Android 5.0 and upwards, with Google adding numbers for Android 5.1 to the table – the combined total of which adds up to 5.4%. Lollipop saw an increase thanks in part to devices such as the HTC One M9 and Galaxy S6/S6 Edge beginning to launch globally, but the devices running 5.1 are still but a miniscule blip at 0.4%.
The rest of the data shows that KitKat is still growing, while everything else has begun declining in market share – except Froyo, which may be around for ever at this stage.
For your convenience, here’s the comparison of the current stats to last months.
| Android Version | February | March |
| Android 2.2 (Froyo) | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Android 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) | 6.9% | 6.4% |
| Android 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | 5.9% | 5.7% |
| Android 4.1.x (JellyBean) | 17.3% | 16.5% |
| Android 4.2.x (JellyBean) | 19,4% | 18.6% |
| Android 4.3 (JellyBean) | 5.9% | 5.6% |
| Android 4.4 (KitKat) | 40.9% | 41.4% |
| Android 5.0 (Lollipop) | 3.3% | 5.0% |
| Android 5.1 (Lollipop) | N/A% | 0.4% |
Come on lollipop
Still can’t beleive Froyo and Gingerbread aren’t dead yet. Who is using these things?!