Kwathatha iinyanga ezininzi Imbotyi yejeli yaba yinguqulelo ye Android isetyenziswa kakhulu ehlabathini. Into ebonakala ingenakwenzeka phakathi konyaka odlulileyo, kunye nokukhula okuphantsi kwale nguqulo yenkqubo yokusebenza, ngoku iyinyani. Ingxaki yokuqhekeka isekhona, kodwa ubuncinci kubonakala ngathi iGoogle ikwazile ukuzinzisa ihlabathi leenkqubo zokusebenza kancinci.
Zonke iinguqulelo ze-Android zilahlekelwe yipesenti, ngaphandle kweyodwa, i-Android Jelly Bean. I-Android 2.3 ye-Gingerbread yayiyinguqulo eyayinenani eliphezulu labasebenzisi, kwaye yayinayo, ngokwezibalo zamva nje, i-36,5%. U-Jelly Bean woyikisa ukuba sele ene-33%. Kwaye ngokuchanekileyo, akuzange kuthathe ixesha elide. I-Jelly Bean, kuzo zombini iinguqulelo ze-Android 4.1 kunye ne-Android 4.2, ngoku ikhona kwi-36,9% yee-smartphones kwimarike. Nkqu ne-Ice Cream Sandwich, eye yadlula i-Jelly Bean okwexeshana, ilahlekelwe isabelo, isele kwi-23,3%.
Nangona kunjalo, i-quota ye-Jelly Bean kunye ne-Ice Cream Sandwich ihlala ithathelwa ingqalelo, kuba zimbini iinguqulelo ezaqala ukuba ne-Holo interface kwaye zazijoliswe kuzo zombini ii-smartphones kunye neetafile. Lilonke, phakathi kwezi zimbini, sele zine a I-60,2% ye-Android yehlabathi. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, idatha entle kakhulu.
I-gingerbread, okwangoku, iyaqhubeka ukuba nebhloko enkulu yabasebenzisi, kunye ne-34,1%. Ezinye iinguqulelo zinemilinganiselo emincinane. Kwelinye icala, i-Honeycomb ikhona kwi-0,1%, sele ikufutshane nokunyamalala. I-Android 2.2 Froyo ine-3,1%, esele ininzi kakhulu kwinguqulo endala kakhulu. I-Android 2.1 Eclair ikhona kwi-1,5%. Olu lwazi lokugqibela luphawuleka ngakumbi, kuba uninzi lwezicelo azihambelani nolu guqulelo.
Idatha, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ilungile kakhulu kuGoogle. Inguqulo entsha, i-Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, iya kufika kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo, kwaye iya kwenza ipesenti yabasebenzisi ibe phezulu. Kufuneka benze utshintsho kwi-Android Key Lime Pie ngempumelelo kangangoko kunokwenzeka.