Android phones on Jelly Bean are already more than on Gingerbread

Jelly Bean, the latest version of Android, finally surpassed Gingerbread and became the most used version of the mobile platform, writes Mashable. According to Android Developers , 37.9% of Android users use versions 4.1 and 4.2, and Gingerbread (2.3) is second with a share of 34.1%. In third place is Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) with 23.3%.

Gingerbread was a stable version. Last month, it was used by 36.5% - most - Android devices, whereas Jelly Bean had 33%. According to TechCrunch, the separation of Jelly Bean could have been due to the fact that a number of OEM partners recently released this update for their devices, including AT & T Galaxy S2.

As for the less popular versions of Android, Honeycomb (3.2) costs 0.1% of devices, while Eclair (2.1) and Froyo (2.2) have shares of 1.4% and 3.1%, respectively. Donut (1.6), the very first version of Android, still retains a share of 0.1%.
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Data on the use of different versions of Android is based on the number of Android-devices from which they visited Google Play during the 14-day period.

This statistic confirms that Android remains very fragmented, especially compared to the closed iOS ecosystem. However, judging by the current dynamics, Jelly Bean may soon break away from all other versions of the OS.

Google took additional steps to reduce fragmentation, including Samsung and HTC began to transfer updates for the Google Edition versions of their flagship phones (Galaxy S4 and HTC One) immediately after the release of these updates for Nexus.