Although Android 5.0 (Lollipop) is the latest version of Android, but the fact is the operating system (OS) is still less popular than his predecessor, KitKat, Jelly Bean, even Gingerbread. Lollipop was first available as an update over-the-air (OTA) in a wide range of Android devices in November 2014.
According to information reported by ZDNet, Friday (10/4/2015), in data released by Google for a period of 7 days ending on April 6, 2015, the penetration of Lollipop of a total of Android devices that exist today have reached 5.4 percent. The figure was far below the 4.4 Android (KiKat) released in 2013 with the percentage of 41.4 percent.
As for Jelly Bean version 4.1-4.3 currently mastering 40,7% Android devices, and contributions to the Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 of 5.7 percent and Gingerbread version 2.3 of 6.4 percent. While the Froyo released in May 2010 have a 0.4 percent of total contributions to Android devices.
The latest data about the penetration of Android version was released in the Android developers website. The data collected from the latest version of Google Play Store, which is compatible with this version of Android 2.2 and above.
In addition, Google also does not list the percentage of the Android version of under 0.1 percent.
"A device that is running a version of Android before Froyo is not included in this data," explains Google.