While the battery of rumors persists that this month the new generation of Nexus mobiles would be presented with another more advanced version of Android, from the North American firm Google they have published the penetration data of each of the editions of the operating system. At present, Android populates the mobile phones of this ecosystem through eight versions that go from 1.5 ”” called Cupcake ”” to the most recent, 4.1 ”” Jelly Bean. Among all of them, the one that continues to occupy the largest slice of the pie is 2.3, Gingerbread, which can be found atmore than half of the devices in the family: no less than 55.8 percent.
The fact that it is the header edition for the powerful and very extensive mid-range of Android devices is the best answer to the question of the powerful presence of Gingerbread in the market, whose evolution, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, continues to penetrate to slipstream little by little. This version of the Mountain View system is set to be the new mid-range platform for the next few months, although its expansion within this family is not yet too evident, with less than 25 percent of compatible mobiles working with this version.
On the other hand, the update that is taking time to start is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is, as we say, the most modern of the entire range. There are few mobiles that today are compatible with this version "" only the last two Nexus, the most modern Samsung Galaxy, few tablets, such as the Nexus 7, Motorola Xoom or Acer Iconia Tab A700 and, shortly, devices of Sony or HTC ””, which explains why only 1.8 percent of Android devices work with this system. One of the best-selling mobiles in this segment, the Samsung Galaxy S3”” Has sold more than 20 million terminals around the world ”” is already being updated to Jelly Bean, although we will have to wait for the data from the end of the year to see to what extent the commercial behavior of this phone has an impact on Android 4.1 percentages within the general cast.
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was introduced last June, but it was not until just a few weeks ago that it began to be installed on devices outside the Nexus family, which explains the limited expansion of this version. Other older ones, such as Android 2.1 Eclí ir ”” with 3.4 percent ”” or Android 2.2 FroYo ”” with a 12.9 percent share ”” have a greater presence. However, in favor of the part of the market that Jelly Bean represents, its figures can be compared with those of Android 3.0 Honeycomb ”” the version of the system with which Google focused on the operation of tablets"", An edition that today barely exceeds 0.01 percent the presence in compatible terminals compared to the newest of Mountain View.
