Android Platform Stats: stagnant, but slight nudges towards newer versions of Android

by Antonio Wells Feb 5, 2013 4:32 PM – 2 Comments

Much of the numbers regarding Android platform stats according to Google remained stagnant in comparison last month. There was a slight bump from 10.2% to 13.6% collectively for Jelly Bean devices (12.2% for Android 4.1 and 1.4% for latest Android 4.2, respectively). Ice Cream Sandwich plateaus at 29% while majority of all Android powered devices are running older Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) at 45.6%. Check out the charts below…

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Android Platform Versions 2-2013

Android Platform Historical Data 2-2013

Platform	API Level	Codename	Distribution
Android 4.1 – 4.2	16-17	Jelly Bean	13.6%
Android 4.0.3 - 4.0.4	15	Ice Cream Sandwich	29.0%
Android 3.1 – 3.2	12-13	Honeycomb	1.3%
Android 2.3 - 2.3.7	9-10	Gingerbread	45.6%
Android 2.2	8	Froyo	8.1%
Android 2.1	7	Eclair	2.2%
Android 1.6	4	Donut	0.2%

Data collected during two weeks ending on February 4, 2013

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We’ve also been keeping historical track of Android OS saturation in the market, check out the links below to see how Android has rapidly grown:

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Tags: Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Android 2.3.3, Android 3.0, Android 4.0, Android 4.1, Android 4.2, Android Fragmentation, Android Platform Versions, Android Statistics, Android Stats, Android Tablets, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, Jelly Bean, Poor Android Tablet Sales

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2 Comments

By jamesaguilar on February 11, 2013 at 11:06 pm:

I think Jelly Bean will really become a powerful platform for Android developers in the forthcoming months. Also, the latest version of mobiles have accepted the Jelly Bean.

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By Software company on February 13, 2013 at 12:55 am:

Major market share of Ginger Bread concludes that the initial users of Android are the one’s who actually purchased the device for fun but now no more seems interested with Android.
Moreover, the frequency of update in Android is so high that as the user purchase a device, another update is launched.

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