Google has updated its chart showing the percentage of devices with different versions of the operating system Android. Latest Android But 12 is missing from it.
Company these informace offered on the site in the form of an updated pie chart that assigned each version of the system Android a certain percentage. However, this data ended up working against Google as it was often used in contrast to the much faster rate of adoption of new versions iOS v iPhonech Apple. Over time, this regularly updated graph began to approach the current numbers less and less often, until it was finally completely withdrawn.
Recently, the company came up with a new solution when it inserted informace about adoption Androidu to the application Android Studio to see what percentage of devices are using that version. Even so, this chart is only updated about every six months. The last update came in November of last year, the next one just now, and according to this new data, currently the largest share of devices with Androidem 11 and later.
Specifically, it is 28,3%, which is an increase from November's 24,2%. Frankly, this is no surprise, especially given the popularity of Samsung's new line-up of devices Galaxy S21 FE, S22 and new Galaxy A and its system update policy even on its older devices. Then when one grows, the others must fall. It affected the most Android 10, which dropped from 26,5% to 23,9%.
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Abstain Androidu 12 here may be related to the purpose of the chart itself rather than a case of its low acceptance. According to 9to5Google, which also created a neat pie chart from Google's numbers, they have these informace to help developers decide which version Androidu will support their degrees. New apps and app updates are currently required to target Android 11 (API level 30) or higher, but they decide the minimum supported version themselves. Using these numbers, developers can easily find out what percentage of potential customers they will lose if they do not support an older version of the system Android.
