Android Marshmallow is growing slower than how Lollipop did

Posted on by Jules Wang

Android distribution numbers are out for the previous month and it seems like platform stratification has started to unwind just a bit. Out of the 11 APIs recognized, seven lost share while Marshmallow was the only version of the OS to grow in share.Lollipop is still the largest contingent in the space with 35.6 percent of the pie while KitKat, experiencing the largest loss for the month, is holding onto second place with 32.5 percent share. Marshmallow is still behind ...

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Marshmallow doubles share in April Android distribution numbers

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It may have taken a whopping six months, during which time the vast majority of Android users weren’t even allowed to dream of Marshmallow goodies, but at long last, it seems the newest OS iteration is making real headway.Stuck below the one-percent mark as recently as January, version 6.0 has managed to double its share in the past 30 days, according to official data collected ...

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Android Lollipop overtakes KitKat as largest distributed version

Posted on by Jules Wang

It’s Android distribution time again and it looks like Lollipop is finally picking up speed. Yep, Lollipop.Android 5.0 accounts for 16.9 percent of all devices that registered with Google Play Store servers during the first week of the month. Android 5.1 makes up 19.2 percent. Adding 5 and 5.1 equals a 36.1 percent share of the Android pie. For the first time, it’s larger than 4.4 KitKat’s share, registered at 34.3 ...

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Android distribution numbers updated for August, KitKat on the rise

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Google has gone ahead this afternoon and updated its Android distribution numbers for the month of August. Of course, as with any release of new distribution data from Google, a bunch of different stories are told through the August 2014 Android distribution numbers, so let’s go through them, shall we?Going down the list systematically, we can see that Froyo has remained unchanged from the last time Google gave us numbers to crunch, which is hardly surprising to us. Gingerbread has ...

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Android distribution numbers for July now available

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Google’s continuing with its monthly ritual of posting Android platform distribution numbers this month, by releasing updated data for this month. Unlike last time around, when Honeycomb was dismissed from the chart, nothing too major has happened. The main story is that KitKat is still growing at a great pace — take a look at the numbers ...

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June 2014 Android distribution numbers are in, KitKat making even more ground

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Google’s monthly Android distribution statistics are finally in for the month of June 2014. The Android version we most care about, of course, is KitKat, which has grown by leaps and bounds since our last check-in for May.KitKat has increased from 8.5% distribution to 13.6%, which is remarkable to say the least (especially considering KitKat’s seemingly-slow start, as the February ...

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