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News A new Android version (Android L) has been announced which mean we will get a new version number in the matrix somewhere late 2014. But will probably take 3-6 months before it will be available on a big range of devices and will get into the lift, so until that time KitKat will continue growing in a steady pace. Show me the numbers The trends remain the same as last month. KitKat is increasing in a fast pace and the rest seems to decrease. Only Android 4.2 showed a small increase which is expected since these devices are still being sold. Android version in order of current market share (-) Android 4.1 with 27,8% ( -1,2% ) (-) Android 4.2 with 19,7% ( +0,6% ) ( +1 ) Android 4.4 with 17.9% ( +4,3% ) ( -1 ) Android 2.3 with 13,5% ( -1,4% ) (-) Android 4.0 with 11,4% ( -0,9% ) (-) Android 4.3 with 9% ( -1,3% ) (-) Android 2.2 with 0,7% ( -0,1% ) Android code names in order of current market share (-) Jelly Bean with 56,5% ( -1,9% ) ( +1 ) KitKat with 17,9% ( ...

Introduction For my work at spriteCloud I started collecting data about the different Android versions. For me it is just fun to see how new versions come and go, but for testing purposes this is valuable data since you can sort of predict what version will become the next big thing so this will give you focus. Testing on all available devices or versions is on some projects just not an option. If test automation is not in place you will lack in human resources, but even if this in place a project can also lack in financial resources. In that case it's wise to combine these free published statistics together with the website/app statistics in order to figure out what Android version should get priority. Show me the numbers Below you will find a ranking of the current statistics that I've collected and compared those to the previous month. After that I'll talk a bit about each version and the couse it will probably take. The prediction is based upon previous collected...