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Android Distribution Updated for February 2016: Hey, Marshmallow Hits 1%!

Kellen February 2, 2016 42

Google updated its Android distribution numbers this morning for the month of February, showing minor adoption of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In fact, Android 6.0 jumped from just 0.7% the month prior to 1.2%. That seems, at least to me, like pretty slow movement...

Android Distribution Updated for November 2015 – Marshmallow Debuts!

Kellen November 5, 2015 65

Google updated the Android distribution numbers today for the month of November to show any changes or shifts that have taken place within the past month. The numbers aren't wildly different this time around, but we are seeing the debut of Android 6.0...

Android Distribution Updated for October 2015 – Lollipop Up to 23.5%

Kellen October 6, 2015 92

Google updated its Android Distribution numbers for the month of October, showing a slight bump in the number of phones running Android 5.0+ Lollipop to 23.5%. Last month, Lolli sat at 21% on the dot. As for the other numbers, every other version is down,...

Android Distribution Updated for September 2015 – Lollipop on 21% of Devices

Kellen September 8, 2015 71

Google updates its Android distribution numbers for September 2015 this morning, showing a jump for Lollipop (Android 5.0+) from 18.1% to 21%. While no where near 50% or a number that would make Apple and Tim Cook angry, we are closing in on the quarter mark....

Android Distribution Updated for August 2015, Lollipop Jumps to 18%

Kellen August 3, 2015 43

Google took the month of July off, but today, went ahead and updated the Android OS distribution numbers for August. In the two months since they last updated, Lollipop has seen a sizable jump from 11.6% to over 18%. Other than that, there hasn't been much...

Android Distribution Updated for April 2015 – Lollipop Jumps to 5.4%

Tim April 8, 2015 50

Albeit rather slowly, Lollipop continues to grow on the Android Distribution charts. Last month, Lollipop sat at 3.3% of all devices, but now, runs on 5.4%, which is what we would call healthy growth in terms of Android rollout. Still the big dog, Kit Kat, saw...

Android Distribution Updated for January 2015 – Kit Kat Jumps to 39%

Kellen January 7, 2015 25

The Android platform distribution were updated this morning for the first time in 2015 with Kit Kat (Android 4.4) showing a nice jump from 33.9% in the previous month to 39.1%. The rest of the versions of Android all dropped, just like they have been for...

Monday Poll: Which version of Android is your phone running?

Kellen December 15, 2014 180

We know that not everyone here owns a Nexus device or new Moto X and has been basking in the beauty of Android 5.0 "Lollipop" for a couple of weeks. And since that is the case, that means that a lot of you are probably running Kit Kat or maybe even Jelly Bean...