The Most Popular Version of Android? Lollipop

Sixteen month after its debut, Lollipop is at present the virtually-used version of Android, finally beating out KitKat.

Google on Tuesday updated its Android developer dashboard to indicate that Lollipop (versions 5.0 and v.1) is now running on 36.one pct of Android devices. That puts it ahead of former Android OS leader KitKat (version 4.iv, released October 2022), which can at present exist found on 34.three pct of Android handsets. In third place is the older Jelly Bean (released in June 2022), which is powering 22.iii percent of the Android market at the moment.

First released in November 2022, Lollipop earned an first-class rating in PCMag's review, which noted its beautiful pattern, improved e-mail app, awesome phonation search, and speediness. On the down side, we noted that it didn't make clear which apps work well on tablets.

At this point, the latest version of Google's Mobile OS — Android 6.0 Marshmallow, released in October — is simply running on 2.3 pct of devices, tying it with the 4-twelvemonth-old Ice Cream Sandwich (released Oct 2022). The even more than vintage Gingerbread, which was first released in Dec 2022, is still beating those two out with 2.half-dozen percent market share.

Google collects this data from the Play Store app, which only supports Android 2.2 and in a higher place, then devices running older versions are not included in the stats. However, the Web giant said very few Android users are however on those now ancient versions of Android.

The news comes several months before Google's I/O developer briefing in May, where it volition similar preview what's to come up in the next version of Android.

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'southward good on fitness and smart domicile products. Teaching yoga for nearly ten years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela likewise tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.