Android usage stats for May: Marshmallow is the most popular Android version
At 2018 I/O Developer Conference, Google announced the launch of Android P, which is a smart model, and launched a preview version of Android P for some models. This has made many Android users look forward to the official arrival of Android P. However, from the point of view of manufacturers’ advancement of existing versions, most users still need to wait for a long time.
Google recently updated its latest Android version market share table to show the percentage of active devices running versions of the Android system.
| Version | Codename | API | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 |
Gingerbread | 10 | 0.3% |
| 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 |
Ice Cream Sandwich | 15 | 0.4% |
| 4.1.x | Jelly Bean | 16 | 1.5% |
| 4.2.x | 17 | 2.2% | |
| 4.3 | 18 | 0.6% | |
| 4.4 | KitKat | 19 | 10.3% |
| 5.0 | Lollipop | 21 | 4.8% |
| 5.1 | 22 | 17.6% | |
| 6.0 | Marshmallow | 23 | 25.5% |
| 7.0 | Nougat | 24 | 22.9% |
| 7.1 | 25 | 8.2% | |
| 8.0 | Oreo | 26 | 4.9% |
| 8.1 | 27 | 0.8% |
It can be seen that the Android version with the largest market share is still Android 6.0, followed by Android 7.0. Android 8.0 is the highest growth rate this month, indicating that more users are starting to eat Oreo. But even so, its share is only 4.9%, to know that Android 8.0 has been officially released for more than nine months.
As for Android 8.1 released five months ago, it’s worse, only 0.8%.
As for earlier versions of 2.3.x-4.3.x, the changes are very small, but since users haven’t changed the machine yet, we have reason to believe that they will continue to stick with it.
Source: Neowin
