Web search giant Google has released the latest Android mobile operating system (OS) version usage information, indicating which version of the mobile OS is the most used.

At the helm of the Android army’s mobile charge is Gingerbread (Android 2.3 - 2.3.7), with a whopping 63.7% of users employing a Gingerbread-powered smartphone. Taking a distant second place is Froyo (Android 2.2), with 23.1% of active handsets running this version of Android. Completing the top 3 is Eclair (Android 2.1), which gobbles up 6% of the Android usage pie.

The latest version of the company’s mobile OS, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS, Android 4.0 - 4.0.3), is gaining ground on the tablet-only Honeycomb (Android 3.0 - 3.2). ICS makes up 2.9% of Android users, whilst Honeycomb does duty on 3.3% of the market.    

Cupcake (Android 1.5) and Donut (Android 1.6), is now employed by only 1% of Android users, notching up 0.3% and 0.7% of the user pie respectively.