11-09-2014 – A quarter of all active Android devices currently runs on the latest Android version, Android 4.4 Kitkat. The use of older versions of Android continues to drop
– The latest figures from Google show that now one in four Android devices up-to-date with Android 4.4 Kitkat. This version of Android is currently the latest version of Android. Only 12.1 percent of all Android devices still running on an Android version that is older than 3 years.
| Version | Name | August | September | Difference |
| 2.2 | Froyo | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0%  |
| 2.3 | Gingerbread | 13.6% | 11.4% | 2.2%  |
| 4.0 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 10.6% | 9.6% | 1.0% |
| 4.1 | Jelly Bean | 26.5% | 25.1% | 1.4% |
| 4.2 | Jelly Bean | 19.8% | 20.7% | 0.9%  |
| 4.3 | Jelly Bean | 7.9% | 8.0% | 0.1% |
| 4.4 | KitKat | 20.9% | 24.5% | 3.6% |
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striking detail in the latest figures from Google is the sharp decline in the use of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Although the share of Android 2.3 has been declining for nearly two years last month, a sudden increase was observed in 0.1 percent. This month, the decline is again firmly put through and the proportion has fallen back by as much as 2.2 percent. This indicates that the measurement method of Google may not be fully representative.
Google monthly measures the “fragmentation” of the Android operating system by looking at what Android smarpthones visit the Google Play Store and on what version of the Android platform for 7 days turning these devices. This information is particularly important for application developers. App developers can based on the statistics decide which Android versions they are supporting and what ‘potential’ leave them at the moment they do not support earlier versions of Android.
Google would prefer that all Android devices run at the highest possible version of Android. Earlier this year, Google them also modified its policy. Manufacturers of Android devices are now mandatory for new platforms can be used. Latest Android version by Google As a result, these devices can also offer the latest features, capabilities and supports that Google has built. In Android
The steps that Google has put seem to bear their fruit because almost 80 percent of all Android devices running for a while an Android version is older than 2.5 years. In the coming period, the percentage of devices that run on younger versions of Android will continue to rise.
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