{"id":105251,"date":"2014-07-04T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=105251"},"modified":"2014-07-04T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:46:02","slug":"mobile-browser-war-apple-vs-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/105251-mobile-browser-war-apple-vs-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Mobile browser war: Apple vs Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akamai has published its Q1 2014 State of the Internet report, which shows that Android Webkit is the most popular mobile browser in the world on cellular networks. However, Apple Mobile Safari leads when looking at all networks.<\/p>\n

The Akamai State of the Internet Report draws data from Akamai IO, which collects data on browser usage across PC and mobile devices, connecting via fixed and mobile networks.<\/p>\n

Mobile browser usage on cellular networks<\/h3>\n

Analysis of Akamai IO data indicates that for traffic from mobile devices on cellular networks, Android Webkit accounted for approximately 37% of requests, with Apple Mobile Safari trailing at just under 29%.<\/p>\n

A gap of approximately 7-8% once again separated Android Webkit and Apple Mobile Safari throughout the quarter, with the difference remaining fairly consistent over this period.<\/p>\n

Other top mobile browsers connecting to Akamai from cellular networks in the first quarter included: Opera Mini, Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile, Google\u2019s Chrome Mobile, the Blackberry browser, and Openwave Mobile Browser.<\/p>\n

\"Mobile<\/a>

Mobile browsers cellular<\/p><\/div>\n

Mobile browser usage on all networks<\/h3>\n

For traffic from mobile devices on all networks (not only cellular networks), Apple Mobile Safari was responsible for just under 47% of requests, while Android Webkit drove just more than 35% of requests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see a gap of approximately 15% between Apple Mobile Safari and Android Webkit at the start of the quarter that gradually narrows to approximately 10% by the end of the quarter,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n

Usage across \u201cOther\u201d mobile browsers remained relatively consistent across the quarter, though it did decline slightly throughout March.<\/p>\n

\"Mobile<\/a>

Mobile browsers all networks<\/p><\/div>\n

More on mobile browsers<\/h3>\n

Apple vs Android vs BlackBerry vs Windows<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile browser war: Android vs Apple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akamai\u2019s latest State of the Internet report shows which mobile browser is leading the pack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":73230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[3340,19438,21875,25707,25705,35,25703,25709,3048],"class_list":["post-105251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-akamai","tag-android-webkit","tag-apple-mobile-safari","tag-blackberry-browser","tag-googles-chrome-mobile","tag-headline","tag-microsoft-internet-explorer-mobile","tag-openwave-mobile-browser","tag-opera-mini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105263,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105251\/revisions\/105263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}