Jelly Bean passes and becomes the first Gingerbread Android OS

The development of Jelly Bean, Android 4.1, is slow. Launched there over a year, the latest version of Google's OS now accounts for nearly 50% of Google OS installed.

Difficult for Google to manage all Android versions launched since 2007. At the same time that the publisher is fighting against its competitors, Apple and Microsoft to protect its market share, Google is working to encourage customers to move at their own pace. And this is not the easiest.

In May, GingerBread aka Android 2, still dominated because of Android devices with nearly 40% market share. At that time, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) was around 25%, behind Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0).

And soon, there will be 5 Android

Now the latest version of the OS has finally caught up with its predecessors. According to the website dedicated to Android developers , the latest version is now head of the OS. The combination of its three versions (4.1, 4.2 and 4.3) is almost 50%. Note that version 4.1 is 36.5% and the latter (4.3) is only 1.5%.

Google's strategy is to attract new customers, but also to convince the former to evolve at their own pace, or attempt to do so. It must therefore be switcher smartphone users in GingerBread (28.5%) and Ice Cream Sandwich (20.6%) to pass the top speed to permanently sit Jelly Bean and simplify the management of its fleet. Especially as the time passes quickly.

Version 4.4, which takes the name of KitKat, should arrive in the coming days with the Nexus 5. As for Android 5.0, it should be presented in June 2014 at the conference Google I / O.