Another month, another update to the Google Developer dashboards. This time there's something new in the Android version stats, although it's a very, very small something. After the unsurprising no-show last month, Android 8.0 Oreo has made its first appearance this time with a grand total of 0.2% device share.
Here's a breakdown of this month's changes.
Android version stats, October 2017
| Android version | Previous data (%) | Current data (%) | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -0.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | -0.2 |
| 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 4.4 | 15.1 | 14.5 | -0.6 |
| 5.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| 5.1 | 21.7 | 21 | -0.7 |
| 6.0 | 32.2 | 32 | -0.2 |
| 7.0 | 14.2 | 15.8 | +1.6 |
| 7.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | +0.4 |
| 8.0 | 0 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
Despite the presence of Oreo, Android 7.0 and 7.1 still showed a respectable increase of 2% this month. That puts Nougat as a whole at 17.8%... after a full year. Google didn't update the dashboard last October, but the value for Marshmallow would have been somewhere around 21-22%. Nougat's uptake just hasn't been very impressive.
Oreo is a chance for OEMs and Google to be a little more proactive. Nougat popped up last year in November at 0.3%. If Oreo can surpass that mark in next month's stats, we'll be off to a good start. Going forward, support for Treble will hopefully mean faster updates to Android P and later.
The older versions on the chart haven't moved appreciably this month—both Gingerbread and ICS are flat, and Jelly Bean is only down a few tenths. It'll take a while for these apparently indestructible phones to go away.
- Source:
- Android Developers
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