Android 13 was released five months ago. Yet it is still on very few new smartphones. Panorama of the fragmentation of Android at the beginning of the year 2023.
It’s been five months since Android 13 has been available for the latest generation smartphones. However, the migration of terminals to this new version of the mobile operating system is currently modest. The latest Android 13 adoption figures show that just over 5% of devices have updated.
The latest insights into Android’s ecosystem fragmentation are from Android Studio, the development environment for Android mobile applications. Previously, Google presented statistics on a public pagebut it hasn’t been maintained since 2019 — at least, for this specific information.
What are the most used versions of Android?
| Version | Android code name | Distribution in January 2023 |
| 4.4 | KitKat | 0.7% |
| 5.0 and 5.1 | Lollipop | 2.1% |
| 6.0 | Marshmallow | 2.8% |
| 7.0 and 7.1 | Nougat | 3.7% |
| 8.0 and 8.1 | Oreo | 9.5% |
| 9 | Magpie | 13.2% |
| 10 | Android 10 | 19.5% |
| 11 | Android 11 | 24.4% |
| 12 | Android 12 | 18.9% |
| 13 | Android 13 | 5.2% |
Today, Android 11 makes up the bulk of the Android ecosystem, with a presence on nearly one in four smartphones. This is a branch released in September 2020. It is set to gradually decline as updates to Android 12 and Android 13 and newer phone purchases are made.
Except for the three most recent versions, all the others are in decline and, for some, their market shares are anecdotal. You have to realize that Android 10, for example, dates from 2019. And the graph on Android Studio continues to display versions that are ten years old. This is prehistory in the smartphone time frame.
