Google has this morning released their monthly report showing developers the current state of Android distribution, based on devices visiting the Play store in the 7 days leading up to August 3rd. The figures of course help developers target versions of the OS for apps, but give us a broader idea of where Google Android is currently at.
The big news is the climb of Lollipop, which when combining Android 5.0.x and 5.1.x tallies to 18.1%, nearing nearly 1/5th coverage of Android devices. The increase of nearly 4% on Android 5.0.x and 1.8% on Android 5.1.x is at the cost of nearly all the other versions of Android which for the most part declined in share, remained grudginly the same (Froyo) or gained a mere 0.1% (KitKat).
The once juggernaut that was Gingerbread, which once reigned over half of all Android devices running Google services is now down to under 5% – but it seems based on Froyo that we may be seeing it for a while to come.
For your convenience, the figure comparison from last month to this month:
| Android Version | June | July |
| Android 2.2 (Froyo) | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Android 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| Android 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| Android 4.1.x (JellyBean) | 14.7% | 13.0% |
| Android 4.2.x (JellyBean) | 17.5% | 15.9% |
| Android 4.3 (JellyBean) | 5.2% | 4.7% |
| Android 4.4 (KitKat) | 39.2% | 39.3% |
| Android 5.0 (Lollipop) | 11.6% | 15.5% |
| Android 5.1 (Lollipop) | 0.8% | 2.6% |
These sorts of stats mean very little. If people bought mobile phones with the sole desire of always wanting the latest version of Android on the device then [1] they are deluded; and [2] you generally buy a mobile for its price/features at that point in time not for 10 years down the track. The closest you’ll get to this ideal is buying a Nexus, however that isn’t going to get updates forever. I personally buy Nexus devices because they will be updated quicker and for longer, however not everyone is like me and is happy to buy their Android… Read more »
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amazing numbers from an OS released last year.
Not really. If you’re in a vacuum and only look at Android, I guess it’s OK. If you compare it to the competition then it’s really poor.
iOS 8 hit 80% adoption rate in 6 months. I’d put money on lollipop never reaching 80% adoption rate ever.
Although not all of the functionality of iOS 8 was available on all devices, so that 80% figure is somewhat misleading as well.