How every month there are new statistics showing the scale of the fragmentation of Android. They show that the latest version of the software uses only about one in two hundred owners of smartphones or tablets with Google’s software.
In contrast to Apple who could provide the updates four operating systems to all its customers at the same time, Google is not possible to effectively provide users of its software in the latest installment.
Not counting family of Nexus devices, sharing updates deal with the producers.
The Android system developed by Google, but on their devices installs a vast number of different companies producing smartphones and tablets. Almost every one of them has to supply larger or smaller modifications.
Tinkering Android may be limited to uploading on the equipment it sells additional mobile applications. Few useful from the user’s perspective, some of these programs are referred to as bloatware.
Some companies preparing a visual overlay on the system.
The result is that Android from Samsung looks completely different than Android from LG. Manufacturers want to get used to their customers not only to Google’s system, but also to their own original solutions. The problem is that the preparation and testing of the new version of additives requires a lot of work and often for cheaper and less popular devices is simply unprofitable.
His behind the ears are also operators, as in the case of equipment bought the telecoms sales channel must approve each software update.
There should be no surprise that once again the latest version of Android very laboriously gaining market share. Android 6.0 Marshmallow debuted two months ago along with smartphones Nexus and Nexus 5x 6p and also hit the first phones and tablets issued before its premiere.
So far, only 0.5 per cent. owners of smartphones and tablets merging in the first week of December from Google Play benefited from the latest version of the software – while a month ago with marshmallow used by 0.3 percent. users. For comparison, the Android version 2.2 still has a score of 2.2 percent.
Fragmentation is real, and still a lot of people are using outdated software.
Froyo is not the only raisins in a figure showing the scale of fragmentation. Android Gingerbread still seizes 3.4 percent. market, and a little younger than him, the Android Ice Cream Sandwich earlier this month reached 2.9 percent result. In November, it was 3.8 per cent respectively. and 3.3 percent.
Another month in a row the most popular Android version is numbered 4.4. With KitKat still used by more than one third of the equipment taken into account in the study – reported here a small drop of 37.8 percent. 36.6 percent. More than a year after the release of Android Lollipop not moved into the lead.
Not to mention the fact that 29.5 per cent result lollipop make up really two versions later of 13.2 percent. shares and older with a score of 16.3 percent. Android Jelly Bean, or de facto three consecutive editions indicated consecutively numbered 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, scored again a decrease of 29 percent. at 27.8 percent.
At this rate the Android Lollipop ejected into the lead in the table only when Marshmallow see its successor.
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