It’s that time again, time to check the distribution of Android versions on hardware throughout the eco-system. Google has released the figures for devices accessing Google Play in the 7 days leading up to the third of March and the versions look like this :
| Android Version | January | February |
| Android 2.2 (Froyo) | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Android 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) | 20.0% | 19% |
| Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Android 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | 16.1% | 15.2% |
| Android 4.1.x (JellyBean) | 35.5% | 35.3% |
| Android 4.2.x (JellyBean) | 16.3% | 17.1% |
| Android 4.3 (JellyBean) | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Android 4.4 (KitKat) | 1.8% | 2.5% |
While KitKat usage continues to climb albeit quite slowly Jelly Bean (Android 4.2 and 4.3) also continues to grow in popularity, while the decline of Froyo, which is still hanging on to relevancy by a thread continues to lose ground at an almost glacial pace. Ice Cream Sandwich usage is dropping quite steadily, although outstripped by the once former king of the platform : Gingerbread which lost 1% of its install base during February.
The numbers still prove that Android 4.x and above is still the best level for developers to aim their Apps at and if you’re interested in screen size distribution, the Developer dashboard has also been updated with those stats as well :
