According to figures released by Google,
its new Android 5.0 mobile OS is right now running on less than a 0.1% chunk of
mobile phones. Nick-named Lollipop, the
software upgrade came on stream in early November and carriers are in the process
of deploying it to their users, in line with their own specific timeframes.
It would appear that the less than
impressive adoption of Android’s fifth upgrade hits on a more pervasive issue
in the mobile area, namely that of fragmentation. Other examples along similar lines include
Windows Phone 8.1 taken almost six months to hit the 50% market share mark, and
Apple reportedly seeing slower takeup of its new iOS 8 than some commentators
had predicted.
Reports suggest that Lollipop is seeing growing
numbers of over-the-air updates, which
potentially might boost its market share numbers. And yet, should Lollipop manage to grow its
share of the Android install base through the end of the year, it will still in
all probablity hit an adoption ceiling. As things stand, Android’s most popular
version remains KitKat, or Android 4.4 commanding a solid 33.9% market share.
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