Android 4.3 Jelly Bean release a few weeks ago enabled it to appear on Google’s distribution dashboard, showing that 1.5% of devices are now running on the latest iteration of Jelly Bean.

It’s no surprised then that with the swifter adaptation of the Android 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, which all fall under the “Jelly Bean” moniker, 48.6% of all Android devices that reach Google’s server on a monthly basis run on the OS, according to ReadWrite.

Based on the latest data from Android, the 2.3 Gingerbread ranks second in the most used version of Google’s OS, with 28.5% of devices using it. Froyo is now a “distant memory” according to Readwrite and is now running on only 2.2% of devices. The blog noted that the operating system is running on less than 0.1% of overall distribution.

The 1.5% of devices running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean are mostly Google Nexus devices (smartphones and tablets) that have updated the version announced in July, reports Readwrite. The new Nexus 7 tablet ships with Android 4.3 and the only non-Nexus device to ship with 4.3 is Samsung’s brand new Galaxy Note 3 “phablet.”

The first version of Jelly Bean – Android 4.1 – now runs on 36.5% of devices. Jelly Bean 4.1 was announced at Google I/O in 2012, noted ReadWrite. It’s update, Jelly Bean 4.2. was announced in October 2012 and is currently running on 10.6% of Android devices.

Reawrite noted that Google’s distribution numbers do not reflect the total pool of devices that run Android across the globe. The tech giant is only able to measure and report on devices that touch on the company’s servers in a provided month. This means that if a user does not vist the Android Google Play Store in a month, the smartphone or tablet will not be recorded in Google’s reports.

The Google report also excludes gadgets like the Amazon Kindle Fire and Fire HDX, which runs on Android but does not access Google apps or Google Play. The Google data set also excludes Android devices in China.

Based on the Umeng Analytics Platform, a vast majority of app downloads from China are done through third-party platforms. Millions of China-based Android users can’t or do not access Google Play from manufacturers like Huawei, ZTE, LG and Samsung.