Android 12 is installed on only 13% of smartphones, even Android 9 does it better

Android 13 is coming next month. So it’s a great opportunity to get stock Android 12 that came to our smartphones a year ago. This is a good thing as Google has recently updated the distribution figures for different versions of the OS. Therefore, at the beginning of August, Android 12, 13.3% of compatible devicess. Currently, Android 11 is installed 27% of compatible devices.

Truth be told, even older versions are more popular than Android 12. Android 10 peaks at 22.3% facilities, meanwhileUp 14.5% on Android 9 installations. However, this is not really surprising. Indeed, the latest versions of the operating system traditionally lag behind their predecessors.

Android 12 is not as attractive as the big ones but that’s normal

So, last April, Android 12 was only installed on 2.6% of devices, even though it’s been a few months since its official launch. These figures can be explained in two ways. Firstly, if the latest Android updates are available directly on Pixels, this is not the case with smartphones from other manufacturers and sometimes wait a few months before presenting them to their users with their own skins.

It is added to reluctance of many users, many hold their smartphones for several years for fear of experiencing errors or slowdowns on their devices by installing the latest version. Thus, Android 12’s lag compared to the big ones was predictable, and its rise in just a few months was the opposite. very encouraging for the future, especially at the dawn of the arrival of Android 13.

Finally, it should be noted that in the chart below, 0.2% of devices are missing, this difference can be justified by the lack of information regarding the distribution of Android 12 L.