Although the whole campaign around the arrival of Android 4.4 KitKat in October last year, the latest version of Google’s operating system is currently installed only 1.8% of devices accessing Google Play .
Data were collected between 29 January to 4 February, are from own panel of Google’s Android developers. The Android KitKat was launched more than three months, but the availability of the system is gradually being made for newer devices. Additionally, Google depends on several mobile phone makers to reach users with OS updates, unlike the centralized approach of Apple. The result is that iOS 7, a month after launch, was already installed on over 70% of compatible devices.
Even today, most common version of Android is the Jelly Bean , with approximately 60% of all handsets. Then comes the Android Gingerbread, 2010, with significant 20%. Certainly, it will take a long time for Android KitKat atinga the same level of presence of iOS 7, which shows that the fight against Google fragmentation of its mobile operating system is still far from over.
Android fragmentation is not only bad for developers. Users of older devices and older versions of the system begin to have difficulty upgrading applications and install new apps.
[Source: Android Developer Dashboard]
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