Google updated its Android developer platform the latest statistics which show that Android 4.X powers more than 70% of the Android devices that visit the Google Play store. Currently,Android 4.1.X Jellybean is the popular version with 36.5% share and Gingerbread still remains the second most popular version with 28.5% which has dropped from 34.1% since that last update in July. Android 4.3 which was announced in July is now powering 1.5% of all Android devices.
Google announced that data is gathered from the new Google Play Store app , which supports Android 2.2 and above and hence the devices running the older versions like Donut and Eclair are not included. However , in August 2013 , devices that ran older versions than Android 2.2 accounted for about 1% of devices that checked in to google servers(not those that actually visited Google Play Store).
| Version | Codename | API | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | Froyo | 8 | 2.2% |
| 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 |
Gingerbread | 10 | 28.5% |
| 3.2 | Honeycomb | 13 | 0.1% |
| 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 |
Ice Cream Sandwich | 15 | 20.6% |
| 4.1.x | Jelly Bean | 16 | 36.5% |
| 4.2.x | 17 | 10.6% | |
| 4.3 | 18 | 1.5% |
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