LONDON: According to the latest Android Developer data, Jelly Bean is still on the top of the list, which accounts 42.6 percent share in Android devices. KitKat is slightly behind the Jelly Bean and it secured second place with 40.9 percent of devices on Android. While the new flagship of Android name as Lollipop has failed to win users’ satisfaction which accounts only 3.3 percent in over all Android devices.
Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich still best Lollipop with 6.9 percent and 5.9 percent, respectively.
Those on Ice Cream Sandwich, though, might want to consider an upgrade. Google announced this week that Chrome’s 42nd Android release will be its last on the Ice Cream Sandwich platform.
“Developing new features on older phones has become increasingly challenging, and supporting ICS takes time away from building new experiences on the devices owned by the vast majority of our users,” software engineer Aurimas Lutikas said in a blog post.
So, after Chrome 42, ICS device owners can continue using the browser, but will not receive further updates.
The news, meanwhile, comes amidst reports that Lollipop is not yet fully encrypted by default. In September, Google said that with Lollipop, “encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you want even have to think about turning it on.”
That is not the case, however, according to Ars Technica, which found default encryption on the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet, but not on third-party devices like the Moto E and Samsung Galaxy S6.
Google did not immediately respond to PCMag’s request for comment, but told Engadget that the move is a result of “performance issues” on some hardware.
“Due to performance issues on some Android partner devices we are not yet at encryption by default on every new Lollipop device,” the company said. “We remain firmly committed to encryption because it helps keep users safe and secure on the Web.”
