Android's latest mobile operating system, Jelly Bean, has finally been crowned the most popular version of Android OS, ahead of Gingerbread.
Android Gingerbread has been toppled from its position as the leading mobile operating system by Jelly bean according to a latest report from CNet.
The latest report shows 37.9 percent of all Android devices running on the latest Jelly Bean 4.1.x and 4.2.x combined systems. Gingerbread is used by 34.1 percent, a 2.4 percent decline from June. Most of the devices are running on the Jelly Bean 4.1 with 32.3 percent and only 5.6 percent devices are currently using the 4.2 version.
Jelly Bean usage increased after it was clubbed with high-end smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3, HTC One X, and Google's Nexus brand such as the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets that sold enormously. This is an increase of 4.9 percent for Jelly Bean since last month.
Gingerbread, released in 2010, still grabs the second position as it is widely used on less-expensive smartphones. But the Gingerbread adoption has declined from 45.6 percent in February this year, an 11.5 percent fall in the last five months.
Initially, Google calculated the number of devices on Android once they checked in to Google's servers. In April, it revised the method of collecting the Android data to only when users visited the Google Play Store, which gives an accurate data of the devices using the "Android and Google Play ecosystem," the company said.
Android's other operating systems are still in use but in a very low number. Ice Cream Sandwich holds 23.3 percent and the earlier versions of Android including Donut, Éclair, Froyo and Honeycomb account for 4.7 percent collectively.
