For the first time since passing the 50 percent market, less than half of all Android devices are running version 2.3. Instead, nearly 40 percent use Jelly Bean. It’s easier to get digital magazines in Google Play and a pic of the Galaxy S4 popped up.
After two weeks off to recharge my batteries for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, it’s time to recap of some of the more important Android news of the past few days. Like the beginning of every month, Google updated its developer dashboard showing the distribution of devices using different Android versions. The number of Android 4.0 users jumped to 39.3 percent in the two-week period ending Jan. 3.
Only two months prior that figure was under 30 percent; in 60 days the total percentage of Android 4.0 users hitting the Google Play store increased 10.8 points. And devices running the most common Android version, Gingerbread, finally dropped to under one half of all smartphones and tablets running Android: 47.6 percent are using some variant of Android 2.3.
Both trends should continue accelerating as most Android 2.3 devices aren’t getting more software updates. Instead, users will transition to newer smartphones and tablets that run Android 4.0 or better. I’m still holding to my prediction from last October: “In four to six months, the majority of Android devices are running on Android 4.0 or better.”
Read also:
40% of all Android devices run 4.0 or higher (TG Daily)
Jelly Bean breaks the 10 percent mark on Android devices (PCWorld)
Android or Chrome? Will Google ever decide on one OS? (CNET)
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