Android KitKat climbs to 17.9 percent share, Jelly Bean still rules at 56.5 percent

While the new iteration of Google’s mobile OS iteration will be reaching the markets later this year, most Android devices still are still stuck on older versions. In Google’s Android distribution report for the month of June, the company has disclosed that the number of device running KitKat has increased by 4.1 points compared to May , but majority phones still run the older Jelly Bean version.

With this gain, now an overall 17.9 percent of devices run Android KitKat. However, it should be noted that a majority phones still run Jelly Bean. In fact, overall, just over a quarter of the phones run anything but Jelly Bean or KitKat, which does indicate some progress in terms of version numbers.

27.8 percent devices still run 4.1 jelly Bean, followed by 19.7 percent running 4.2.x and only 9 percent running the most recent 4.3 Jelly Bean.

A small number of devices still run on the older Ice Cream sandwich and Gingerbread versions of the OS. 11.4 percent of users are still using devices based  on ICS and 13.5 percent on Gingerbread, which is still higher than 4.3 Jelly Bean version. This data is gathered from the new Google Play Store app that supports only Android 2.2 and above.

KitKat has been witnessing a steady rise in the number of users. Unlike earlier, wherein new OS updates were available only for high-end devices, Google has ensured that KitKat makes its way into the budget segment too. The company announced the new Android L at the Google I/O held last month, likely to launch with its new Android Silver lineup. Here’s all you need to know about Android L .