Remember Android Market? The predecessor to Googles Play Store, it rebranded all the way back in March 2012 – but it has continued to exist on devices running Android 2.1 or older.

That comes to an end on 30 June, when Google will be withdrawing support for the Android Market entirely. This means users of older devices will no longer be able to access or install apps – though this largely a moot point, as very few apps now support the oldest versions of Android.

Users of these devices wont be notified of the change, “due to technical restrictions in the original Android Market app”, according to Google – it will simply stop working.

However, this only effects a tiny minority of the Android userbase. In Googles June platform figures, the oldest version to break the 0.1 per cent mark – required for inclusion in the list – was Gingerbread (v2.33-2.37), at 0.8 per cent. The vast majority of Android users (63.3 per cent, to be precise) are using 5.1 or newer.