We’re not sure why Google skipped July, but they’ve finally updated their platform distribution numbers for the month of August.

Android distribution data is collected by tracking which versions of Android visit the Google Play Store most often during a 7-day testing period at the end of every month. Adding these figures up, we can conclude that Google’s latest OS can be found on approximately 18.1% of the Android devices out there. KitKat received a slight boost of 0.1 per cent this month, most likely due to continued sales of early 2015 devices running the OS. Jelly Bean’s share, on the other hand, has fallen significantly, with 33.6% Android devices now running it, down from 37.4% reported the last time. That total is up from 12.4 percent in June. Interestingly, KitKat is now on 39.3 percent, marking a tiny increase from 39.2 percent when numbers were last reported. That is lower than Gingerbread, Google’s Windows XP, which still holds 4.6 per cent of the market. It’s not totally surprising since Google took July off, and because flagship devices like the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, HTC One M9, and LG G4 were running Android 5.0 and 5.1 during that period, but it’s still nice to see.

Ice Cream Sandwich has also dropped by 1% to 4.1% which is interesting as it would seem that Gingerbread is still more widely distributed despite it being older.

Which versions of Android are you now running?