Android Jelly Bean adoption continues to grow after recently surpassing Gingerbread for the first time.
According to stats published Friday, Jelly Bean (versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x) was running on 40.5 percent of Android devices as of Aug. 1. Gingerbread landed at 33.1 percent, followed by Ice Cream Sandwich at 22.5 percent.
Jelly Bean first topped Gingerbread in June, according to last month's stats. At that time, approximately 37.9 percent of Android users were on Jelly Bean, while 34.1 percent were on Gingerbread, and 23.3 percent were still running Ice Cream Sandwich.
At this point, very few Android devices are still running the earliest versions of the mobile OS. Around 2.5 percent are on Froyo, while 1.2 percent have Éclair, and just 0.1 percent are running Donut (as well as the tablet-centric Honeycomb).
Google just yesterday unveiled the much-anticipated Moto X phone, which will run Android 4.2.2 at launch. Spokespeople did not have any timetables on a possible bump to Android 4.3, which launched last month on the new Nexus 7. For more, see PCMag's Hands On With Motorola's Moto X.
The next major update to Android, codenamed Key Lime Pie, is expected in October, though Google has made no announcements. This will likely contribute more to the phenomenon known as Android fragmentation, though a recent report argued that fragmentation actually has its benefits.
Meanwhile, the Android platform overall is still going strong, with a 65 percent lead over all other mobile operating systems, according to new stats from Strategy Analytics. The report tipped a growing global smartphone market, up 47 percent year over year for a total 230 million units shipped in the second quarter. Android was the greatest benefactor of the uptick, having captured a record 80 percent share of the global smartphone OS market.
Jelly Bean first topped Gingerbread in June, according to last month's stats. At that time, approximately 37.9 percent of Android users were on Jelly Bean, while 34.1 percent were on Gingerbread, and 23.3 percent were still running Ice Cream Sandwich.
At this point, very few Android devices are still running the earliest versions of the mobile OS. Around 2.5 percent are on Froyo, while 1.2 percent have Éclair, and just 0.1 percent are running Donut (as well as the tablet-centric Honeycomb).
Google just yesterday unveiled the much-anticipated Moto X phone, which will run Android 4.2.2 at launch. Spokespeople did not have any timetables on a possible bump to Android 4.3, which launched last month on the new Nexus 7. For more, see PCMag's Hands On With Motorola's Moto X.
The next major update to Android, codenamed Key Lime Pie, is expected in October, though Google has made no announcements. This will likely contribute more to the phenomenon known as Android fragmentation, though a recent report argued that fragmentation actually has its benefits.
Meanwhile, the Android platform overall is still going strong, with a 65 percent lead over all other mobile operating systems, according to new stats from Strategy Analytics. The report tipped a growing global smartphone market, up 47 percent year over year for a total 230 million units shipped in the second quarter. Android was the greatest benefactor of the uptick, having captured a record 80 percent share of the global smartphone OS market.
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