Still low
The latest Android version has finally managed appear on more than one percent of phones.
According to Google's Android distribution figures there is a 0.3 per cent share for Nougat 7.1 and a 0.9 per cent share for Nougat 7.0. It seems that the adoption of the first Nougat version rose the most, by 0.4 per cent compared to 0.1 per cent for Nougat 7.1. The two combined Nougat versions now hold a share of 1.2 per cent, up 0.5 per cent compared to last month.
Given that most premium smartphones run Android 7.0 Nougat and many have just released updates for the first Nougat version, we would have thought that the figure might have been a bit higher.
Samsung, Motorola, HTC and Sony release Android 7.0 updates to their flagships and even mid-range phones. To be fair it might have been because these rollouts were postponed because of unforeseen bugs.
We expect that Nougat 7.0 distribution numbers will continue to grow this month.
Marshmallow increased its share, while Lollipop continued to decline
Moving on, Marshmallow 6.0 managed to rise 1.1 per cent compared to last month's share of 29.6 per cent, while Lollipop 5.0 saw a 0.3 per cent drop to 9.8 per cent. Lollipop 5.1 dropped 0.2 per cent to 23.1 per cent.
Marshmallow is expected to continue to grow as OEMs are still releasing low-end and mid-range phones running Android 6.0, leaving Nougat for higher-end models.
Kitkat is now installed on 21.9 per cent of all Android-running smartphones, down 0.7 per cent, while Jelly Bean runs on 11.3 per cent of phones, dropping 0.3 per cent.
Ice Cream Sandwich holds a one per cent share, so does Gingerbread which won't be included in the Android Distribution chart anymore when it drops below a per cent.
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