Apple now uses Google-like distribution chart to show iOS fragmentation

Google started publishing Android version distribution charts for various platforms in 2010 on theirAndroid developer page. Now Apple has followed them and published their iOS distribution Pie chart similar to Google. Apple announced at the WWDC 2013 earlier this month that 93% of App Store customers are using the latest iOS 6. Now the distribution numbers are up on the Apple Developer website. The chart shows that 6% of customers using iOS 5 and just 1% are still stuck with versions older than iOS 5.

It is not a surprise that most of the Apple users are using the latest version of the users. Google releases the latest version of the OS for the Nexus users immediately, but the smartphone manufacturers has to release their optimized version of the OS  once the stock version is provided to them, hence only 33% of the users are using Jelly Bean, among those just 4% are on Android 4.2.

Google changed the Android distribution tracking method starting from April. It is now collecting data based on user visits the Google Play Store, instead collecting distribution stats when a user checks-in to Google servers. Apple follows the same method that collects data when users visits the iTunes App Store on the iOS devices. It also follows the same  14-day period for data collection like Google.

Android 4.2.2 JB update for Sony Xperia ZL now seeding

Sony promised to release Android 4.2.2 updates for the Xperia Z and Xperia ZLsoon after their launch. And even though the Xperia ZL hit the shelves a few weeks later than the Xperia Z, it is the first one to taste the latest 4.2.2 version of Jelly Bean.

Currently the Android 4.2.2 update is available for the Sony Xperia ZL C6503 (LTE) model across Europe. You can have it both through Sony PC Companion and over-the-air. We expect the other Xperia ZL flavors and more countries to join the roll out in the next couple of weeks.

Since Sony Xperia ZL and Xperia Z are practically identical, save for the different shells, we guess the update for the water-proof Xperia Z should be just around the corner.