Jelly Bean, the latest version of Android, has surpassed Gingerbread as the dominant operating system for the first time.
According to the Android Developers' Dashboards section, 37.9% of users are running Android version 4.1 and 4.2 on their smartphones, while Gingerbread (2.3) slips into second place with 34.1%. Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) takes third place with 23.3%.
As for Android's less popular versions, Honeycomb (3.2) clocks in at 0.1%, while Eclair (2.1) and Froyo (2.2) have 1.4% and 3.1%, respectively. Donut (1.6), the OS' earliest version, still maintains 0.1% distribution.
Gingerbread has proven to be an enduring platform. Last month's Dashboard report said 2.3 was present on 36.5% — the majority — of Android devices, according to 9to5Google. At the time, Jelly Bean had 33%.
These stats confirm that Android remains fragmented, especially in comparison to Apple's closed ecosystem for iOS. However, judging from its trajectory, Jelly Bean may soon eclipse all other OS versions.
Data for the most recent Dashboard report is based on the number of Android devices that visited the Google Play store within a 14-day period that ended on Monday.
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