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Android 6.0 now on 1.2 percent of Android gear

by on03 February 2016


Android 4.4 still king

Google has released its official February platform distribution numbers and the Marshmallow Android 6.0 is now available on 1.2 percent of all google devices.

Despite the fact that Google started rolling Android 6.0 in November, it has taken three months to reach such a tiny percentage of its customers. It is a lot of work and engineering hours for the mobile phone manufacturers to do the update. Only a selected few flagship devices receive them.

Lollipop Android 5.0 is now at a healthy 17 percent while the bit more secure Android 5.1 is on 17.1 percent. Combined they reach 34.1 percent of customers and this is quite a big number. Things are moving in the right direction as year ago Android 5.0 was only on 1.6 percent. You can thank an increase in new phone sales. We expect to see Android 6.0 reaching double digits before the end of the year too.

KitKat Android 4.4 is still the most popular operating system as it is on 35.5 percent of all Android devices. Jelly Bean still has many followers. Android 4.1 is on 8.8 percent, Android 4.2 at 11.7 percent and Android 4.3 is 3.4 percent.

Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 API level 15 is used on 2.5 percent of devices. Gingerbread Android 2.3.3 and 2.3.7 also known as API level 10 is fading in popularity and is only seen in 2.7 percent of Google Android devices.

Android Froyo which launched four years ago is barely available. The first flavour of Android is only on 0.1 percent of Andorid gear and it is clearly on its way out.

Last modified on 03 February 2016
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