14 DAY TRIAL // It’s not a secret that Android suffers from a pretty severe fragmentation, as quite a lot of devices out there are still running old versions of the operating system.
And the most recent figures shared via Android Studio show that the adoption of Android 13 isn’t going any better, as the new operating system is making slow progress right now.
At this point, Android 13 is running on just 5.2 percent of all Android devices out there. While some seem to be pleased with how the adoption of this OS version is going, let’s not forget that the OS launched in August with much fanfare, and since then, most device makers have been working around the clock on releasing this update to their customers.
Samsung, for instance, managed to be blazing fast this time, so most of its high-end devices are already running Android 13.
Rapid adoption expected in the coming months
So despite all these efforts to bring Android 13 to as many customers as possible, the adoption is still rather small.
If anything, the good news is that the share of the previous Android versions is declining. Android Oreo is now on just 9.5 percent of the devices out there, and the market share keeps going down these days. Android KitKat, the super-old version of the operating system, is also losing ground, though it declined only 0.2 percent from 0.9 to 0.7 percent.
In the meantime, the market share of Android 13 is very likely to increase in the coming weeks and months, but given the fragmentation that happens in the operating system, it will take quite a lot of time before it becomes the number one OS out there. For now, Android 11 is the one that’s leading the rankings with a share of 24.4 percent.