As can be seen in the above graphic, Jelly Bean continues its growth, which is nowhere near last month’s increase of 8.5%. Unfortunately, the numbers still aren’t at a point where Google (and Android customers) should be satisfied. Of course the Jelly Bean numbers will naturally rise as newer phones are released and older phones become discontinued, but we would like to see this happening at a much higher rate— this starts with the manufacturers.
They need to start developing their skins/bloatware for updates more efficiently, or getting rid of it altogether. (Which would make a lot of us pretty happy.) Stock Android with unlocked bootloaders for all phones is still somewhere in fantasyland, but hopefully the imminent release of Android 4.3 (or 5.0) will make OS-integration simpler.
Some great news for the oft-forgotten Droid Bionic this month— Motorola finally dished out their Jelly Bean update to the phone, causing Bionic owners to rejoice everywhere! (Probably making up the majority of the 3.4% increase…)
Here are this month’s numbers:
- 1.6 Donut: 0.1%
- 2.1 Eclair: 1.7%
- 2.2 Froyo: 3.7%
- 2.3 Gingerbread: 38.5%
- 3.2 Honeycomb: 0.1%
- 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: 27.5%
- 4.1 and 4.2 Jelly Bean: 28.4%
Devices with Gingerbread slowly continue to go down, and devices with Jelly Bean saw a solid 3.4% increase in the past month. We’ll update you guys next month with Google’s next release of distribution statistics.
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