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Newest Android distribution numbers as soon as once more present us the issue with Android


It has been 16 years since I began writing for PhoneArena and I nonetheless bear in mind writing concerning the newest Android distribution numbers that have been launched each month. Ah, these have been the times when the Android dessert names have been cool like Froyo (Android 2.2), Eclair (Android 2.0), and in cooperation with Nestle, KitKat (Android 4.4). The massive difficulty in these days was the fragmentation of Android which is one thing that continues to hang-out the OS to at the present time.

As a result of there are such a lot of totally different producers of Android telephones, every with their very own replace schedule, this fragmentation implies that the newest model of Android is not discovered on a big share of Android telephones at any given time. After a while, Google stopped releasing the month-to-month distribution tables earlier than it began on a quarterly launch schedule in 2023. The newest distribution numbers have been printed originally of the present month and don’t embody any Samsung fashions operating Android 15.
Whereas Samsung was releasing beta variations of One UI 7 which contained Android 15, as of April 1st Android 15 was discovered on solely 4.5% of Android telephones. This determine consists of secure Android 15 variations operating on appropriate Pixel handsets since final October, sure OnePlus, and Nothing handsets. As of April 1st, nearly all of Android handsets, 27.4% of them, have been powered by Android 14 which was launched in October 2023. 

The Android distribution numbers at the moment are launched a few times a yr by way of Android Studio and it continues to be primarily based on the OS variations of Android that connect with the Play Retailer inside the earlier seven days.

Listed below are the newest distribution numbers launched by Google. You may as well try the pie chart primarily based on the newest numbers  under:

  • Android 15.0 (V)-4.5%
  • Android 14.0 (U)-27.4%
  • Android 13.0 (T)-16.8%
  • Android 12.0 (S)-13.8%
  • Android 11.0 (R)-15.9%
  • Android 10.0 (Q)-10.2%
  • Android 9.0 (Pie)-5.8%
  • Android 8.1 (Oreo)-3.0%
  • Android 8.0 (Oreo)-1.0%
  • Android 7.1 (Nougat)-0.6%
  • Android 7.0 (Nougat)-0.6%
  • Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)-0.7%
  • Android 5.1 (Lollipop)-0.5%
  • Android 5.0 (Lollipop)-0.1%
  • Android 4.4 (KitKat)-0.1%

If Android weren’t fragmented, the newest launch, Android 15, can be discovered on the next share of telephones as a substitute of solely 4.5% of them. This June, Google will most likely launch the secure model of Android 16 for appropriate fashions together with the Pixel 6 and older models.

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