More than one fifth (20.9%) Google Android devices now run KitKat.

 Android phones running OS four.4 (KitKat)  currently represent over one fifth (20.9%) of all handsets on the market, says Google's latest platform version report. that's a marked improvement over last month month, onceKitKat's market share was seventeen.9%, and a giant leap over the fourteen.9% share it had in Gregorian calendar month.
Released monthly, the report breaks down the assorted versions of humanoid to assist developers decide a way to higher pay their resources.

While KitKat is steady increasing its foothold, candy continues to be the king of the market, running on fifty four.2% of humanoid devices. the initial four.1.x version remains the foremost standard variant with twenty six.5% share, whereas versions four.2.x and 4.3 stand at nineteen.8% and 7.9%, severally.
As for alternative versions, frozen dessert Sandwich has ten.6% market share, whereas Froyo is running on solely zero.7% of the devices. curiously, Gingerbread's market share has shot up zero.1% in last thirty days, and currently stands at thirteen.6%.
Devices running older versions aren't enclosed within the report because the knowledge is gathered from the new Google Play Store app, that supports humanoid a pair of.2 and higher than. The report additional lycontains breakdowns of screen densities and Open GL version distribution for those interested.
The next major version of Google's mobile OS is named humanoid 'L', that is predicted to arrive before the tip of the year.

Source:techspot