Froyo now on more than a Third of all Devices, 1.5 and 1.6 still a Quarter
Some new figures have come out from Google regarding platform distribution of devices with access to the Android market. As usual, data’s been collected for two weeks leading up to October 1st and brings us some new numbers. For starters, Android 2.2 is growing steadily as it’s jumped up to 33.4% – last we checked, it’d only been on 28% of all devices. Android 2.1 is still the most common version sitting at 40.4% – a small jump from the 41% it sat at two weeks ago.
As for the pre-2.x versions? There’s still a good chunk of you out there waiting to be upgraded to Android 2.1, as Android 1.5 and 1.6 collectively make up 26% of all devices. That’s a huge problem, I think, and I don’t see it going away until users are willing to drop their current phones for new ones instead of waiting for their issuing carriers and manufacturers to deliver a modern version of Android.
Nothing is promised (and you’re not obligated to receive anything more than what you get out of the box) unless the manufacturer or carrier says otherwise, of course, but I hope – for the sake of not only the users but the developers who have to target such an old version of the OS – that we see the problem dissipate soon one way or another.