The Jelly Bean version is already in 59,1% of Android terminals

  • Fragmentation on Android has been a problem since its launch, affecting the user experience.
  • Jelly Bean has reached 59,1% usage on Android devices, improving consistency.
  • KitKat, although only present on 1,4% of devices, marks a new phase in the evolution of the system.
  • Google is trying not to rush the release of new versions in order to maintain stability and facilitate application development.
Iván Martín

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La fragmentation It is a problem that affects Android since it is on the market. The reason is that different versions have been launched much faster than the manufacturers used it (with the exception of Google itself), so the spectrum of use of this operating system was a true mosaic.

But, the truth is that in Mountain View they realized some time ago that it was much more efficient, even for application developers, that fragmentation was eliminated from the market. At first it was thought that Gingrebread would try to achieve this, but it was not possible. And, now, it seems that with Jelly Bean it is when it begins to be able to suppress this since it has just been known that the 59,1 % of the devices that are currently on the market with Android use it.

Android usage percentages with Jelly Bean at 59,1%

And, best of all, is that this trend is increasing, since on the one hand manufacturers are evolving towards the use of, at least, 4.1 and, in addition, the update of the park of devices makes it possible to foresee that those who use ICS or the already mentioned Gingrebread (here it must be said that some USB stick type multimedia players use it) are disappearing. Therefore, everything indicates that the above-mentioned percentage of use of Jelly Bean will increase… At least for the moment.

KitKat comes into play

Well yes, KitKat already appears in the summaries of use of the Android operating system and now stands at a 1,4 %. It is little, the truth, but to date it should be noted that only the models of the Google Nexus family and the Motorola (owned by it) are those that have received the corresponding firmware. This data, by the way, serves to get an idea of ​​the market penetration of the models that depend on this company. We will see if finally the rest of the manufacturers decide to make the leap to Android 4.4 or, perhaps, they wait for a new version to arrive - it would not be the first time this happens.

The fact is that it seems that Android fragmentation is coming to an end with Jelly Bean, at least for the moment, and everything points to Google itself you don't want to speed up when releasing new versions of this operating system to achieve greater uniformity that, on the one hand, would benefit developers and, on the other, improve the image for users in this section.

Source: Android Developers


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