Friday, September 12, 2014

Quarter Android devices running on KitKat – Tablet Guide

The latest figures from the Android Developer Dashboard shows that more and more tablets and smartphones on Android 4.4 (KitKat) run. Almost a quarter of them (24.5%) runs on Google’s latest mobile operating system. Jelly Bean (4.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3.x) remains by far the most popular Android version. still

Android Developer Dashboard keeps every month at which version tablets and smartphones run in order to bring. developing Android map For this, the team looks which version of the mobile operating system Google Play Store visits in the first week of the month, in this case from 2 to 9th September.

In May, the Android 4.4 (KitKat) share was still at a paltry 8.5%. In four months that increased to 24.5%. This is due to the fact this version for more and more tablets and smartphones is available. We also see that more and more manufacturers equip their products with the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system by default. Thus, almost one in four users are now updated to Android OS 4.4 (KitKat).

Where one wins, loses the other. Overall losses other Android versions share. Jelly Bean (4.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3.x) now covers 53.8% of all Android devices. In May it was 60.8%. Altogether Jellybean remains the most widely used version of Google’s operating system.

Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) was between May and September decline from 13.4% to 9.6%. Android Gingerbread (2.3) decreased from 16.2% to 11.4% and Froyo (2.2) remains 0.7% up the rear.

Android Developer Dashboard (September 2014)

Source: Android Developer Dashboard

Last October, Google launched Android KitKat (4.4). The latest version of the mobile operating system did not bring any major changes with it, but several small adjustments that promote ease of use of tablets. For example, Google Now given a more prominent role, improved Google with the new version, the battery life and received several applications freshening. Android KitKat is primarily designed for mobile devices with lesser specifications, such as limited amount of RAM (512 MB) or less powerful processor (dual core).

In late June, Google announced Android L to. Since this version is not yet publicly available at this time, these figures are not included in the statistics. L is expected to Android next autumn available for tablets and smartphones.

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