Google has updated the developer dashboard for May, giving us an overview of the Android device ecosystem. Nougat continues to inch upward at a respectable rate—it's now over 7% of devices. However, there's some strange stuff at the bottom of the heap. Gingerbread and Lollipop both saw small increases in usage share this month because math is weird.
Here's an update comparison chart with this month's values.
Android version stats, May 2017
| Android version | Previous data (%) | Current data (%) | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +0.1 |
| 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | -0.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
| 4.4 | 20.0 | 18.8 | -1.2 |
| 5.0 | 9.0 | 8.7 | -0.3 |
| 5.1 | 23.0 | 23.3 | +0.3 |
| 6.0 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 0 |
| 7.0 | 4.5 | 6.6 | +2.1 |
| 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.1 |
Nougat gained more this month (2.2%) as a share of all devices than it has in any previous month.
Read MoreMay 2017 Android platform distribution shows another big gain for Nougat and a small uptick for older versions was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
