ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP is now installed on 5.4 percent of Android devices, according to the latest Play Store figures from Google.
Google’s latest operating system data, collected during a seven-day period ending on 6 April, reveals that Lollipop’s share of the market is starting to grow, albeit slowly.
Android 5.0 and 5.1 now claim a combined 5.4 percent of the market, up from 3.3 percent in March.
superseded Jelly Bean - including versions 4.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3 - for the first time, accounting for 41.4 percent of the market compared with 40.7 percent for Jelly Bean.
Jelly Bean trumped Android 4.4 Kitkat this time last month with a market share of 42.6 percent, compared with Kitkat’s 40.9 percent.
This leaves older versions of Google’s mobile operating system with few devices to their name. Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread and Froyo claimed a respective 5.7, 6.4 and 0.4 percent of Android devices.
These newest Google Play figures show some improvements, but they are a far cry from the latest operating system figures from Apple.
Apple’s developer website was updated last month to show that the latest version of its operating system, iOS 8, is installed on more than three-quarters of devices.
This has seen iOS 7’s share dip to 20 percent, while three percent of iPhones and iPads are still running older versions of the software.
However, it’s likely that Lollipop’s share will begin to climb further as new Android 5.0-powered devices begin to arrive on the market.