Android Marshmallow adoption hits 18.7 percent, Nougat yet to make its debut

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Android 7.0 Nougat is the latest version of Google’s Android operating system. Those high-end devices compatible with newest Android versions have already been updated, but the vast majority of budget-friendly and mid-end phones and tablets are stuck on older versions until owners switch to a newer device.

Although Marshmallow is making some progress in eating into Lollipop and KitKat, there are still devices that run the elderly versions of Android. Some of the oldest Android iterations like Ice Cream Sandwich (1.4%), Gingerbread (1.5%) and Froyo (0.1%) are at the bottom of the list.

Every month Google releases information about Android versions and their adoption rate among consumers. Why in the world would Samsung, who has one of the biggest population of Android devices, not have Android out earlier for its users.

The data reflects the number of devices that run the latest version of the Google Play Store app, which is now compatible with Froyo or above. Basically, each snapshot of data represents all the devices that visited the Google Play Store in the prior 7 days.

Although Marshmallow is taking its time to rollout, the slow pace is unlikely to pick up as Nougat finds its feet and becomes pre-installed on new devices. This company had introduced a number of compelling devices in the a year ago or so, and the company has just confirmed that they intend to update quite a few of them to Android 7.0 Nougat.