Android distribution chart for November 2017 is out; Oreo on 0.3 percent devices as Nougat reaches 20.6 percent !
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Android and Apple fans can argue endlessly about who stole what and which phones are better, but there is at least one area where Android has consistently failed to keep up with its biggest rival: fragmentation. For years, Google has been trying to roll out the latest versions of its operating system to vendors in a timely fashion, but despite making promises, Google has failed to make any significant progress yet. (Not including Project Treble here as that remains to be seen).
Android Developers blog has released the latest distribution chart of Android OS versions over devices over the globe for November 2017. This chart is an indication of what version of Android is running on how many devices in the market in terms of percentage.
| Version | Codename | API | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3.3 - 2.3.7 | Gingerbread | 10 | 0.5% |
| 4.0.3 - 4.0.4 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 15 | 0.5% |
| 4.1.x | Jelly Bean | 16 | 2.2% |
| 4.2.x | 17 | 3.1% | |
| 4.3 | 18 | 0.9% | |
| 4.4 | KitKat | 19 | 13.8% |
| 5.0 | Lollipop | 21 | 6.4% |
| 5.1 | 22 | 20.8% | |
| 6.0 | Marshmallow | 23 | 30.9% |
| 7.0 | Nougat | 24 | 17.6% |
| 7.1 | 25 | 3.0% | |
| 8.0 | Oreo | 26 | 0.3% |
| Data and image credit: Android Developers |
Data collected during a 7-day period ending on November 9, 2017.
Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown
Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown
According to the latest chart, Android Oreo, the latest operating system that Google released back in August, is running only on 0.3 percent devices.
The 0.3 percent mark for Android Oreo is an improvement over the 0.2 percent market that the OS version held last month as reported by GSMArena. The interesting part is that this 0.3 percent gives us a perspective about how lagging the rollout for latest updates for Android-powered smartphones is across the market.
Android Marshmallow still tops the list maintaining a 30.9% share on global Android devices and hence wins the most popular mobile OS version award for now. :P
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Well, Google has been trying to fix this fragmentation issue for years now but with no significant success.
However, with Oreo and Project Treble, there might be some hopes for getting quick update rolllouts in devices running Oreo or later.
Hey! This percentage quite gives us an idea of how many Google Pixel/Pixel 2 and Nexus devices are there is the market at the time of writing. :P
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