Android 2.2 Froyo powers 61.3% of all Android devices

By on Mar 17, 2011 at 11:22 AM
mobile March 17, 2011

According to new data released by Android Developers, Android 2.2 (Froyo) currently powers 61.3% of all Android devices that accessed the Android Market during the first two weeks of March. That figure is up just under 10% from January, when the group reported that Froyo powered 51.8% of all devices. Sadly, the stale, older operating systems like Android 1.5 (3%), Android 1.6 (4.8%), and Android 2.1 (29%), are still far more prevalent than the most current version being offered by Google; Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) was installed on just 1% of all devices. Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) was the the most rare, and represented just 0.2% of all tablets (and phones if you’ve loaded a custom ROM) accessing the Android Market. With Google expected to announce a new version of its mobile operating system during the Google IO conference in May, we’re starting to wonder if Gingerbread is ever going to take off.

[Via Engadget]

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  • BGR:via:engadget

    And in other news….. Via engadget, of course

    • Bob

      Woah I never knew about Engadget before. Just checked out their website, seems alot better then BGR..is it??

      • Engadget > BGR

        You are kidding, right?

        Engadget is so much better than BGR it isn’t even funny.

  • Calvin Williams

    I’ve seen that Android doll somewhere before…

  • serpentor

    If not for Samsung phones, it would be 100%

    • True

      I lol’ed because it is so true.

      Samsung has made me never want to purchase ANY of their devices because of a lack of a true and easy upgrade path. Why can’t they be more like HTC?

      • Calvin Williams

        Too bad they make amazing screens. I’m still getting the Galaxy S2. Good thing it has an unlocked bootloader? Not like HTC is going to make a dualcore phone before summer.

    • Anonymous

      and Motorola, Sony, Toshiba, and LG. Who cares about Acer.

    • TUPAPI

      LOL. I was about to say the same thing!

  • http://twitter.com/brianMedeiros Brian M

    maybe when the manufactures make their phones, they need to send the hardware and software specs for their custom skins that no one wants (blur) to google for approval. This way google can make sure that they are all easy to update before being aloud to use the android brand on their phones. then give some kinda of key to google so they can update the OS their selfs, or make some kind of legal time frame where each company has to commit to so much time (can be a month or several, depending on the contract with google) to push out the android updates or risk loosing the rights to using the android brand.

    its open source so they can still use it if they want, they just cant call it android.

    • Anonymous

      Honestly… Google Doesn’t care that much. They’re getting paid regardless. The the fact that Android is Open Source, Google really has no say what so ever… Only thing they can do is say “No Market For You”… but then they’ll be keeping money out of their own pockets.

  • Anonymous

    zOMG FRAGMENTATION!!?!/1/!?

    I’m sorry, I’ve always wanted to do that. Please do carry on.

  • Anonymous

    They better start discounting the hell out of the new Gingerbread capable Android phones if they expect those new OS percentages to increase.

  • Supall

    Gingerbread hasn’t been pushed as heavily as Froyo. Whereas Froyo was an update for most of the Android handsets last year, Gingerbread is a little more difficult because (and I may be mistaken), its design isn’t exactly for the older models (like the OG Droid) and since a lot of people are still on their 2-year upgrade (with Verizon), it might be awhile before you’ll see any significant adoption of GB.

  • http://www.techviva.com Brian

    Running 2.2 on a Galaxy S. No problems with the Samsung device, so not really sure about the upgrade path you guys are talking about. Yeah, I had to use Kies and it wasn’t as easy as getting an update OTA – but it wasn’t terribly difficult.

    I just hope the Galaxy S will continue to be supported in the future. Fragmentation is never a good thing – especially early in a phone’s life cycle, but I’ll deal with that when the time comes. It’s still a fairly ‘new’ phone so *fingers crossed*.

    • Anonymous

      They’re talking about the fact that you had to use KIES and do it yourself. Motorola and HTC have a solid if unspectacular track record of actually, you know, pushing updated versions of Android to their users.

  • Anonymous

    2.3 has been out how long? i do prefer iOS but there are things i like about android. one thing i dont get is the big disconnect in devices recieving updates. i know a few handsets that run stock android and still dont have 2.3 and they are pretty capable of running it so really nothing stopping them but google and the manufacturers so they really need to get it together. you can debate back and forth all day long but iOS wins in the updating category all day long.

    • Supall

      Its the result of the manufacturers. Google pushes updates directly to the developer phones (Nexus and Nexus S), but they don’t have the ability to push it through the other phones. That falls upon the Manufacturer and it is unfortunate to say that some of the manufacturers are incredibly slow at pushing the updates. HTC is considered the fastest with Motorola shortly behind them. Samsung, I heard was terrible.

      • Anonymous

        but is HTC even considered fast when the evo is still on 2.2 and even the thunderbolt ships with 2.2

    • Anonymous

      Since Google doesn’t care about fragmentation from a device standpoint, how about as ad dollars?

      Waiting 2+ years for new OS features to trickle down to most devices by attrition and new releases would bound their ability to release new features. That would impact ad revenue and services. Lack of ‘bug fixes’ would hound the reputation (remember the days before Windows Updates?).

      Google may wake up to this eventually.

  • Anonymous

    What is the iOS version breakdown?

  • Jestertwister

    So anyway just ugrade your phone yourself I did and I am happily running GB on my end of life droid eris which wont be supported anyway

  • Seabass

    Android should use the same style as Apple just make a date and update all the devices or make the manufactures have a deadline. I’m getting tired of going to XDA and messing with all my phones it makes me wanty to move away from Android.

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