Jelly Bean marketshare
Jelly Bean share

The latest research reveals a steady growth for Android Jelly Bean OS, but the system still fails to capture a sizeable part of the market.

The latest and the most efficient Android OS – Jelly Bean – has been growing steadily, with 3.6 percent increase in January, and a 3.4 percent growth in December. More and more mobile casino gambling devices are being introduced with the OS out-of-the-box.

However, the new OS, or rather both of its versions – 4.1 and 4.2, are still below the 15 percent mark for the total Android penetration in mobile casino games tools. Leading the way, for a very long time now, is the Android Gingerbread 2.3. and higher. But this particular little green man showed a decrease of 4 percent during the last month, perhaps we will see a new leader soon.

Judging by the way the old Android versions are losing marketshare, it will take quite some time for the current leader, Gingerbread, to become obsolete. The small decline in Gingerbread’s market share is also confirming the fact that Android casino monsters with that particular OS on-board are still selling very well.

Take a look at how Android market share is broken down: (the change is recorded for the period of last month):

  • Android 1.6 Donut: 0.2% – 0.2% (no change)
  • Android 2.1 Eclair: 2.4% – 2.2% (10% decrease)
  • Android 2.2 Froyo: 9% – 8.1% (10% decrease)
  • Android 2.3.x Gingerbread: 47.6% – 45.6% (4% decrease)
  • Android 3.x Honeycomb: 1.5% – 1.3% (13% decrease)
  • Android 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich: 29.1% – 29% (0.2% decrease)

And the only version to have increased the market share:

  • Android 4.x Jelly Bean: 10.2% – 13.6% (33% increase)