Jelly Bean: Running on 45 Percent of all Android Devices!

Google says that the newest Version of the Android OS, Jelly Bean, is running on 45 Percent of all Android Devices.That's pretty much!As not everyone has a good phone but still it's much!Android 4.1.x comes to 36.6 Percent and Android 4.2.x, which is also named as Jelly Bean, comes to 8.5 Percent.

Compared to the end of June, the share of Jelly Bean increased by 4.6 Percent. However, Google takes into account only devices running Android 2.2 or higher since the beginning of September. The previous 1.6 Donut and  2.1 Eclair had at the end of June a share of 1.3 percent.

The share of Android 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich dwindled in the past two months by 0.8 points to 21.7 percent. Developed for the Honeycomb tablets appeared in the statistics continue on with a share of 0.1 percent. Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 to 2.3.7 lost during this period was 2.4 points installed in early September to 30.7 percent of all devices. Froyos (Android 2.2) decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 2.4 percent.

Despite the increasing popularity of the Jelly Bean Android fragmentation remains a challenge for developers. They need to optimize their apps for different OS versions to reach as many users.

The end of July presented recent version 4.3, which is also one of Android Jelly Bean, does not appear in the statistics so far. It is also unclear when Google will release its successor 4.4 KitKat. The naming was made possible through a partnership with Nestlé, maker of the eponymous chocolate bar.