Google sure took its sweet time to announce its Android distribution stats in July, but it’s picked up its speed considerably for the August numbers. Android 5.1 increased by 0.6 percentage points and is now present on 21.4% of all active Android devices.
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The numbers do seem to indicate that Android versions prior to Lollipop 5.0 are on a declining rate, thus maintaining the trend that was set a month ago, when only Lollipop 5.0 and 5.1 and Marshmallow 6.0 rose in the index. 1 (11.4%). I wonder if Google will add Vulkan to these stats – phones are already starting to support it (including the Galaxy Note7).
Android Nougat may be just around the corner, but everyone is still watching Android Marshmallow slowly grow. Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) slipped from 1.7 percent to 1.6 percent.
The other versions of Android didn’t fare quite as well. Curiously enough, however, Froyo’s meager 0.1% presence has doggedly stayed the same since last month: who on earth is still using a phone that runs on Android 2.2 Froyo?!
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The Android adoption order remains unchanged: Lollipop in first place, KitKat in second, Jelly Bean in third, Marshmallow in fourth, Gingerbread in fifth, ICS in sixth, and Froyo in last. This also shows the pace at which smartphones on the market get their updates to newer Android versions and which version is the most popular on the market.
