After several months, android operating system version 2.3 (Gingerbread) which was released in December 2010 finally has a number of users more than the previous version of android operating system, Froyo (Android version 2.2). Because previously, android Froyo was glory since this android version was released in May 2010. Moreover, almost all mobile phones are released even though it supports Gingerbread but still using Froyo for its operating system. This causes Android Gingerbread was less popular with Froyo.

But in November, Google said that Gingerbread users more than Froyo users. This statement is based on data obtained by Google from device type that accessing the market. From data obtained, Gingerbread users has reached 44.4%. This number exceeds the number of Froyo users which are still at 40.7%. As for Honeycomb allocated for a new tablet at 1.8% only. According to Google, the data can also be used as android application developers reference. With these data, developers can create applications in accordance with android operating system that are popular today.

In terms of reliability, Gingerbread is better than Froyo. Because Gingerbread was released after Froyo. And of course Gingerbread already experiencing an increase and improvement of existing bugs. For that, for you who still use android version 2.2 (Froyo), you can upgrade for free to android version 2.3 (Gingerbread). With Gingerbread operating system, your android phone will be more reliable and more applications are supported.

In addition to the data above, Google also provides information the number of android old version users, among others, Éclair (Android 2.1) users is only 10.7%, Cupcakes (android 1.5) 0.9% and Donut (android 1.6) 1.4%.

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