Updated Android Platform Version Distribution Chart Shows Froyo Still Prominent, Honeycomb Still Struggling to Come Into Its Own
Google’s updated their platform version distribution chart for the two week period ending November 3rd (yesterday). Things are pretty much as we’d expected – Gingerbread has taken the lead, but Froyo is still rocking the charts while Eclair continues to wither away (10%) and Honeycomb struggles to gain any ground.
Tons of devices are launching with Android 2.3 lately so it’s growth isn’t surprising. What is disappointing, however, is that Froyo is still around the 40% mark compared to Gingerbread’s 43%. Yes, once upon a time we did all buy phones with Android 2.2 preinstalled.
Unfortunately, many of those phones have yet to get an upgrade. Honeycomb versions are also the reverse of what we want to see as only a combined 1.9% are on that. While these charts aren’t the most accurate representation of the “state of fragmentation,” they’re as close as we can get. Find the full breakdown here.