December Android Distribution Report – Oreo Continues Slow Adoption
As expected, Google has released the December 2017 Android Distribution Report this week. The report reflects the version of Android on devices that visited the Google Play Store for the 7 day period ending December 11, 2017 and for those of you who keep track of this monthly report, you won’t find many surprises.
With the exception of Android Nougat and Android Oreo, the two latest version of the platform, all previous version saw a decline or no change in usage from the November report to this one. Android Nougat grew some 2.7% in usage in that time, by far the biggest gainer. It now has a 23.3% share of devices coming to the Play Store but it is still behind Android Lollipop and Android Marshmallow. Marshmallow, version 6.x of Android, leads the pack overall with 29.7% of devices running that version.
As for the latest version of Android, Oreo, it continues a very slow adoption on devices. It now is on .5% of devices, a jump of .2% over November.