wraggster
April 3rd, 2014, 10:32
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/956b04a808da390f76bcff72b35b75b6/android-versions-april-2014.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/02/kitkat-share-of-android-doubles/)
After months of treading water, Android 4.4 KitKat (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/31/android-4-4-kitkat-launch/) is finally taking off. Googlereports (http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html) that 5.3 percent of Android users are running the newer OS version as of early April; that's more than twice the 2.5 percent that it claimed one month earlier. There's no official explanation for the jump, but it's most likely thanks to a wave of KitKat upgrades from HTC (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/22/htc-one-kitkat-att-tmobile/), LG (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/30/lg-canada-says-g2-will-get-android-4-4-kitkat-by-march/) and Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/18/samsung-kitkat-us/). Most older versions lost share as a result. It could be a long, long time before KitKat overtakes Jelly Bean (which dipped to 61.4 percent), but the transition is under way -- and it's only likely to accelerate now that flagships like the Galaxy S5 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/24/samsung-galaxy-s5-preview/) and new One (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-2014-review/) are reaching store shelves.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/02/kitkat-share-of-android-doubles/
After months of treading water, Android 4.4 KitKat (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/31/android-4-4-kitkat-launch/) is finally taking off. Googlereports (http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html) that 5.3 percent of Android users are running the newer OS version as of early April; that's more than twice the 2.5 percent that it claimed one month earlier. There's no official explanation for the jump, but it's most likely thanks to a wave of KitKat upgrades from HTC (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/22/htc-one-kitkat-att-tmobile/), LG (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/30/lg-canada-says-g2-will-get-android-4-4-kitkat-by-march/) and Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/18/samsung-kitkat-us/). Most older versions lost share as a result. It could be a long, long time before KitKat overtakes Jelly Bean (which dipped to 61.4 percent), but the transition is under way -- and it's only likely to accelerate now that flagships like the Galaxy S5 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/24/samsung-galaxy-s5-preview/) and new One (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-2014-review/) are reaching store shelves.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/02/kitkat-share-of-android-doubles/