Google stopped publicly sharing distribution data for Android releases years ago, but every once in a while it delights us by updating the data in Android Studio. Now we have version data updated to August 4, 2022and paint us a picture just as sad as all the previous years.
A month after experiencing Android 13, Android 12 is present on 13.5% of Android devices, being the fourth most popular version. The version of Android that is on most devices today is Android 11 as of 2020.
The same old story
Project Treble, APEX modules, beta programs, agreements with manufacturers, update policies spread over several years… We have been hearing for years about various initiatives that should allow Android phones to update more quickly to the latest versions, and it is true that at the moment of truth, we don’t like big changes.
From the hand of Android Studio we have the new android version distribution datadated August 4, showing us the data with cumulative distribution figures useful for developers, although not too easy for humans to understand without prior conversion.
Por el modo en el que están generados, los porcentajes de versionses no nos van a sumar 100% (parte pues tampoco se incluye Android 12L o Android 13), pero sigue siendo la plus aproximación al estado de la fragmentation de Android que tenemos hasta date. And it doesn’t look too good.
A year after its launch, Android 12 is only present in 13% of Android phones
The last time we had data was in May and the latest Android 12 was at 6.2% active devices. Three months later, the quota doubled and Android 12 hits 13.5% nearly a year after launch and one month after the arrival of his replacement. Here are the percentages.
|
android version |
Percentage |
|---|---|
|
JELLY BEAN (4.1 – 4.3) |
0.2% |
|
FRICTION (4.4) |
0.9% |
|
PACIFIER (5.0 – 5.1) |
2.6% |
|
MARSHMALLOW (6.0) |
3.5% |
|
NOUGATS (7.0 – 7.1) |
4.5% |
|
OREO (8.0 – 8.1) |
10.9% |
|
PIE (9.0) |
14.5% |
|
Android 10 (10.0) |
22.3% |
|
Android 11 (11.0) |
27% |
|
Android 12 (12.0) |
13.5% |
Google still doesn’t show us data for Android 13 (in the stable version of Android Studio, API 33 can’t be chosen yet), although it’s presumed that its use is residual since its beta program is extremely limited. The most popular version of Android today is Android 11.in 27% of active devices.
Android 12, with 13.5%, is still behind 2018’s Android Pie, although at least he managed to climb to the fourth position, because in May he was still behind Oreo. Looking at it from another angle, Android 12 is roughly in the same percentage of mobiles that maintain Nougat and previous versions.
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Android 11 – 27%
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Android 10 – 22.3%
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Android Pie – 14.5%
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Android 12 – 13.5%
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Android Oreo – 10.9%
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Android Nougat – 4.5%
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Android Marshmallow – 3.5%
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Android Lollipop – 2.6%
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KitKat Android – 0.9%
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Android Jelly Bean – 0.2%
The good news is that more than half of Android mobiles have Android 10 and abovea 62.8%, able to access the innovations in the material of fragmentation that hacen that sea menos important tener the ultimísima version of the operating system as its the updates of the system of Google Play y/o novelties that llegan has versions anteriores mediante los servicios de Google.
