More than 40 percent of active Android devices now run Jelly Bean, Gingerbread stubbo

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/08/jellybeannumre387.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/more-than-40-percent-of-active-android-devices-run-jelly-bean/)The last time Google visited Jelly Bean's user saturation numbers, it took the combined efforts (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/08/android-jelly-bean-usage-surpasses-gingerbread/) of 4.1 and 4.2 to edge out Gingerbread's (v2.3.3 through 2.3.7) hold on the user base. Not anymore; the latest numbers from the Android Dashboard (http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html) show the base version of Jelly Bean, Android 4.1 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/android-4-1-jelly-bean-review-a-look-at-whats-changed-in-googl/), representing 34 percent of the active devices -- singlehandedly surpassing the old guard's (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/03/jelly-bean-on-33-percent-of-android-devices/) 33 percent share of the market. When combined with the rest of the Jelly Bean contingent (Android 4.2 and above), Google's latest flavor of Android crushes Gingerbread with a 40.5 percent majority.
Froyo (v2.2), Eclair (v2.1) and Ice Cream Sandwich (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-review/) (v4.0.3 through 4.0.4) all took modest hits as well, though the latter of the trio retained its third-place position with 22.5 percent of active users. The only builds to hold steady? Honeycomb (v3.2) and Donut (v1.6), each retaining a miniscule 0.1 percent of the market. We'll admit, it's cute to see these old versions hang on, but please -- if you're still rocking a handset running Android 1.6 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/video-android-1-6-donut-gets-jazzy-walkthrough-performance-and/), do us all a favor and turn it off.

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