Froyo and Eclair now take up 77% of Android devices

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, Android, Cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo, stats

While there are still some devices out there that haven’t seen the light of Android 2.1+, it looks like the latest stats from the Android Developer Blog are showing that Eclair and Froyo are now taking up 77% of all Android devices. The breakdown goes as follows:

That puts the percentages at:

Android 1.5 – 7.9%
Android 1.6 – 15.0%
Android 2.1 – 40.8%
Android 2.2 – 36.2%

Altogether, it looks as though Google may finally be getting their Android fragmentation issues under control. As long as we continue to see these numbers moving in this direction, it will be a win-win situation for consumers.

[via Android Developer Blog]

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Comments

LP

“Google may finally be getting their Android fragmentation issues under control.”

I don’t get this. What kind of control are you talking about? What have Google done to control this?

The number is getting better because we are in the end of a release cycle. As soon as 2.3 or 3.0 is out (in a few weeks), we’ll again see lots of complaints. We’ll again see 2.0-, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 all over the place.

As long as there is the carrier between customer and Google, this problem is not solved. It sucks when you have the kick-ass hardware but can’t upgrade to the latest software.