What WebKit version is in what Android version?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Jim Bergman — 11 Comments ↓

In the data reported by my ScoreKeepr app, some useful stats on the version of WebKit used in a Android release.

Android version	WebKit version
Android 2.1-update1	530.17
Android 2.2	533.1
Android 2.2.1	533.1
Android 2.2.2	533.1
Android 2.2.3	533.1
Android 2.3.2	533.1
Android 2.3.3	533.1
Android 2.3.4	533.1
Android 2.3.5	533.1
Android 2.3.6	533.1
Android 2.3.7	533.1
Android 3.2.1	534.13
Android 4.0.1	534.30
Android 4.0.2	534.30
Android 4.0.3	534.30
Android 4.0.4	534.30
Android 4.1.1	534.30
Android 4.1.2	534.30
Android 4.2	534.30
Android 4.2.1	534.30
Android 4.2.2	534.30

If you have any additional information, please leave it in the comments below, and I’ll update the post.

UPDATE July 11, 2012 – added Android 4.0.4
UPDATE August 18, 2012 – added Android 4.1.1
UPDATE October 3, 2012 – corrected 534.3 to 534.30
UPDATE November 9, 2012 – added Android 4.1.2
UPDATE November 23, 2012 – added Android 4.2
UPDATE November 31, 2013 – added Android 4.2.1
UPDATE February 15, 2013 – added Android 4.2.2

Tagged with: android, mobile browser, webkit
Posted in mobile development

http://www.facebook.com/beverlyannrobertshawk Beverly Hawk

Can u explain to me what the web kit/533.1 actually is?
- http://jimbergman.net Jim Bergman
  
  WebKit is an open source web browser engine, and is the basis for the web browser on Android, iPads and iPhones. It is also the basis for the Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Chromium desktop web browsers. More at http://www.webkit.org/
Swivelgames

This list is invaluable. Thank you very much, Jim!
Johnny5k

Should 534.3 really be 534.30? (note the trailing zero) 534.13 is actually higher than 534.3, which would imply the version of WebKit in Android 4.0.1 is lower than the one in 3.2.1, which is doubtful. If you could double-check and clear this up it would be great. It may also be helpful to list what version of (Desktop) Chrome shares the same version of Webkit, for context & reference. Just a thought. Thanks for the info in any case.
- http://jimbergman.net Jim Bergman
  
  Indeed, the version number reported by the browser is 534.30 not 534.3 (for example, the complete USER_AGENT string looks like this: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.4; en-us; Galaxy Nexus Build/IMM76K) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30). I missed adding the trailing 0, which has significance.
  
  It is worth noting that in all cases, version 533.1 is correct (and not 533.10).
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perico

What about Android 4.2? Is the same version of webkit?
- http://jimbergman.net Jim Bergman
  
  Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will ship on the Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 on November 13th, 2012. No way for me to test for browser version until 4.2 ships.
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Johnny5k

Any word on 4.2?
http://twitter.com/trecani Francesco Trecani

Android 4.2 with stock browser: Webkit 534.30 (again)
http://jimbergman.net Jim Bergman

Android 4.2 still reports 534.30 as the browser version. (Thanks to reader Francesco Trecani for reporting this.)

The full USER_AGENT string: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2; en-us; Nexus 7 Build/JOP40C) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.30

Interestingly, the Chrome browser (v18.0.1025.166) on the Nexus 7 reports the WebKit version as 535.19 (thanks to reader Hayk Saakian for pointing this out).
Johnny5k

Thanks for updating with data for Jelly Bean 4.2! Sad to see they still haven’t updated the browser!!
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