ICS and Jellybean now on a quarter of all Android devices, but over half still stuck on Gingerbread

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It seems like only yesterday that Google bundled Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 in its little biscuit layers and sent it off into the world (it was December, 2011, actually). That Android flavor has since climbed the charts rapidly, around [four](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/ice-cream-sandwich-now-on16-percent-of-android-devices/) percent each month for the last while, and now occupies the ROM on 23.7 percent of robot-based devices -- up from 20.8 percent [last month](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/06/jelly-bean-ics-android-distribution-stat/). That's in part due to new devices (like [many](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/10/lenovo-A660-dual-sim-waterproof-smartphone/) in China) still coming out of the box [with it](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/07/htc-one-s-family-arrives-in-china/), on top of older warhorses like the [Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/29/samsung-galaxy-tab-8-9-android-4-0-4-update/) finally grabbing some ICS. Meanwhile, its smooth-running younger sibling, Jelly Bean, made a slight gain to 1.8 percent of all Google-run slates and phones -- though that will likely change when the [Galaxy Note II](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/01/galaxy-note-ii-available-in-the-uk-today/) hits the market _en masse_ and the [Galaxy S III OTA 4.1.1](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/24/jelly-bean-ota-update-for-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/) disseminates to all its owners. Meanwhile, Gingerbread still dominates Google OS installed devices at 55.8 percent, probably thanks to [delays](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/22/motorola-feels-droid-bionic-owners-pain-promises-to-fix-things/) or [denials](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/28/htc-incredible-s-ics-update-bell-mobility/) of newer flavors to legacy devices.

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