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Google: Nearly 60% of Android devices now running 2.1

“Google has published an updated breakdown of the number of
active devices running a given version of its Android mobile
operating system platform. According to the Platform Versions
device dashboard on the Android Developer portal, nearly 60% of all
Android devices in circulation are now running version 2.1 of the
OS – up almost 10% compared to mid-June (50%). Android 1.5
and 1.6 devices now make up 15.3% and 20.3% of devices
respectively, while only 0.2% of devices are running obsolete
versions, including version 1.1, 2.0 and 2.0.1.

“Originally announced at this year’s Google I/O developer
conference and released at the end of June, Android 2.2, code named
“Froyo”, is the latest stable version of the open source mobile
operating system…”


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