Android latest operating system, Jelly Bean, has finally overtaken the previous operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich, according to PCMag.com. However, Gingerbread is still beating out its successors.
About 28.4 percent of Android devices were running Jelly Bean—more officially known as Android 4.1 or Android 4.2—since May 1. About 26.1 percent of devices run Android 4.1. 2.3 percent run the 4.2 version of Jelly Bean. This is 0.9 percent greater than Ice Cream Sandwich, or Android 4.0, which is the operating system for about 27.5 percent of devices.
Gingerbread is in the lead with 38.5 percent. However, this is a slight drop-off from last month’s 39.8 percent.
In April, Google made an adjustment to how it collected Android data. The company based the informaiont on data collected when users browse the Google Play store as opposed to when users access Google Services.
The change in how data was collected helped Jelly Bean’s numbers jump from 16.5 percent in March to up to 25 percent in the month of April.
As the newer versions of Android operating systems rise, the previous versions are slowly going away:
Froyo – 3.7 percent
Éclair – 1.7 percent
Donut and Honeycomb– 0.1 percent
The Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung’s latest mobile handset, is running on Android 4.2.2. The HTC One runs on 4.1.2.
According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the Android and iOS operating systems have dominated the market in the first quarter. Android took in almost half the market with 49.3 percent of smartphone sales. Apple’s iOS took in 43.7 percent of the market. Windows Phone took in 5.6 percent.
