KitKat is still ruling the market share with 39.8%

May 4, 2015 22:51 GMT  ·  By

Google hasn't taken the responsibility of delivering Android updates to all smartphones that get released on the market, hence the fragmentation of the operating system.

The only devices that are up to date with the latest version of Android are Nexus and Google Play Edition devices, because they are the only ones receiving updates directly from Google.

When Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system was launched last year in fall, we imagined that it will take some time until the new platform dominates the Android market share.

However, it's been more than six months and Lollipop is not even above 10% market share, which doesn't seem right considering in just a few months Google will announce a new Android version.

According to the latest Android distribution numbers published by Google, Android 5.0 Lollipop is now tagged with 9% market share, while Android 5.1 Lollipop appears with 0.7%.

That's quite understandable since the only devices that received Android 5.1 Lollipop update are Nexus smartphones and tablets.

Lollipop will exceed 10% market share by the end of this month

Android 4.4 KitKat continues to rule the market share with no less than 39.8%. The number is high in comparison with Lollipop's, so we don't even want to think whether or not KitKat will remain the most used version of Android by the end of the year.

Next in line, Android 4.2.x Jelly Bean has 18.1% market share, followed closely by Android 4.1.x Jelly Bean with 15.6%, and not that close by Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with 5.5%.

Android 2.2 Froyo is still part of the statistics with 0.3%, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread has been tagged with 5.7% market share. Last but not least, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich appears to own about 5.3% of the market.

According to Google, the data reflected in the statistics was collected during a 7-day period ending on May 4. Keep in mind that any Android version with less than 0.1% distribution aren't shown.