Google has updated its Google Play
distribution data for the seven-day
period ending April 6, revealing that
Android 5.0 Lollipop running devices are
steadily rising while Android 5.1 version
has even made it to the chart this month
- OS versions with a less than 0.1
percent distribution share are not shown
Sharing the distribution data of different
versions of Android, Google reported that
Android Lollipop has a total share of
around 5.4 percent of active Android
devices (with Android 5.0 Lollipop
running on 5 percent of device and
Android 5.1 at 0.4 percent) that check
into Google Play compared to the 3.3
percent reported at the beginning of
March - an increase of 2.1 percent in
roughly a month.
It's worth mentioning that Google only
last month released the Android 5.1
Lollipop update , calling it the first major
update to Android Lollipop, and the
version has already made it to the chart.
To compare, Android 5.0 Lollipop took
almost four months to finally show up o
the Android distribution chart. Android
5.0 Lollipop first showed up in February
with a small share of 1.6 percent.
Google also shows that Android KitKat
still powers the majority of Android
devices, with a 41.4 percent share -
rising 0.5 percent from March's 40.9
percent. The rise in Android 4.4 KitKat
numbers can be credited to some brands
that have been lately rolling out KitKat
updates for their handsets.
The latest Android distribution data also
shows that Android Jelly Bean is slightly
behind KitKat with a combined share of
40.7 percent. The Android 4.1.x is seen
on 16.5 percent devices (down from 17.
percent), Android 4.2.x on 18.6 percent
(down from 19.4 percent), and Android
4.3 on 5.6 percent devices (down from
5.9 percent).
Android 4.0.x or Ice Cream Sandwich, in
Google's April report, registered a share
of 5.7 percent, down 0.2 percent from
March. Android Gingerbread (v
2.3.3-2.3.7) and Android 2.2 Froyo's
device distribution shares are 6.4 percen
(down 0.5 percent) and 0.4 percent
(same as last time) respectively in the
latest report.
The OpenGL version, on the other hand,
saw OpenGL 2.0 dominating at 65.9
percent, and OpenGL version 3.0 steadil
rising to 33.8 percent.
Which version of Android are you
running? What do you think of Android
5.1 Lollipop? Let us know in the
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Android Lollipop Now Running on 5.4 Percent of Active Devices: Google | NDTV Gadgets
