The latest Android distribution figures from Google show that Android Nougat has made a few steps forward and is now installed in over 2% of all phones running Android, 2.8% to be exact. This number may seem really small but seeing that just two months ago, Nougat was running on just 0.9% of all Android devices, it feels like a step forward.
Last month, Nougat stood at 1.8% while Marshmallow grew to 30.7%. This month’s stats show that Marshmallow is at 31.3%, which isn’t surprising seeing that OEMs are still insisting on releasing devices running Marshmallow in 2017! *cough* Huawei GR5 (2017) *cough* Anyway, the star of the show is Nougat, since it’s what we are all looking forward to experiencing, if you haven’t yet joined th 2% category.
Here’s the complete breakdown of figures that Google released:
| Android Version | Codename | API | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3.3-2.3.7 | Gingerbread | 10 | 1.0% |
| 4.0.3-4.0.4 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 15 | 1.0% |
| 4.1.x | Jelly Bean | 16 | 3.7% |
| 4.2.x | " | 17 | 5.4% |
| 4.3 | " | 18 | 1.5% |
| 4.4 | KitKat | 19 | 20.8% |
| 5.0 | Lollipop | 21 | 9.4% |
| 5.1 | " | 22 | 23.1% |
| 6.0 | Marshmallow | 23 | 31.3% |
| 7.0 | Nougat | 24 | 2.4% |
| 7.1 | " | 25 | 0.4% |
*The data above is from Google. It was collected during a seven-day period ending on March 6, 2017. Any versions with less than 0.1 percent distribution are not shown.
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