Only one in a hundred Android smartphones running on the latest Android … – GSM Helpdesk Netherlands

The new distribution figures from Google show that four months after the introduction of Android 6.0 Marshmallow the number of Android smartphones on the new Android version is still running is negligible. Only 1.2 percent of all active Android devices now running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The number of smartphones it may be relatively up-to-date is mentioned last month, incidentally, has increased from 33.3 to 35, 3 percent. At this time it appears namely 35.3 percent of all active Android devices on Android 5.0 or higher to run.

In October last year, Google presented the latest Android version, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Four months after the introduction of this new Android version Android 6.0 Marshmallow still hardly used. In one month, the share of Android 6.0 Marshmallow rose by 0.5 percent, which is now at 1.2 per cent of all active Android smartphones running.

Compared to Android 5.0 Lollipop are manufacturers this year much later with the release of updates to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Last year, Motorola and LG both very fast with the release of an update to the then-latest version of Android, so the proportion of the latest Android version last year rose faster.

At present, it is mainly the devices from Google itself to propel the share of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. To include the LG Nexus 5, the Motorola Nexus 6, 9 and HTC Nexus Android 6.0 Marshmallow is available as an update. The LG Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P both simultaneously with Android 6.0 Marshmallow released and both run right out of the box on this latest Android version. HTC has recently Android 6.0 update for its HTC One M8 and HTC One M9 available.

The absence of a ‘flying start’ for Android 6.0 Marshmallow works to the advantage of Android 5.0 and Android 1.5 Lollipop. The share of these two Android versions grew in one month by 1.5 percent and now stands at 34.1 per cent collectively. Currently running thus more than one in three Android smartphones on Android 5.0 or higher Lollipop. This is a positive development since these higher versions of Android have fewer security problems than older versions of Android.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	January 4, 2016	February 1, 2016
Android 2.2 Froyo	0.2%	0.1%
Android 2.3	3.0%	2.7%
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich	2.7%	2.5%
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean	9.0%	8.8%
Android 2.4 Jelly Bean	12.2%	11.7%
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean	3.5%	3.4%
Android 4.4 Kitkat	36.1%	35.5%
Android 5.0 Lollipop	16.9%	17%
Android 1.5 Lollipop	15.7%	17.1%
Android 6.0 Marshmallow	0.7%	1.2%
© GSM Helpdesk Netherlands – Source: Android Developers

 All versions prior to Android 5.0 Lollipop lose each one share. Also, now more than 5.5 years old Android 2.2 Froyo this month share lost after the share for months at 0.2 percent remained. Android 2.2 Froyo is now running at 0.1 per cent of all active Android devices. Android 4.4 Kitkat is still by far the largest and Android version running on 35.5 percent of all active Android devices.

Google measures the monthly “fragmentation” of the Android operating system by looking for seven days which Android Smartphones visit the Google Play Store and on what version of the Android platform running these devices. This information is particularly important for application developers. App developers can decide, based on the statistics which Android versions they support and to examine any ‘potential’ left them when they no longer support previous versions of Android. The figures also give an idea of ​​how many Android smartphones worldwide are vulnerable to dangerous vulnerabilities that are found in older versions of Android.