06.05.2025
While the figures are close, Apple's announced adoption rate for iOS 18 puts it just below the average for the last decade's releases — even though Apple Intelligence was supposed
Apple introducing features of iOS 18 in 2024 — image credit: Apple
By January 2025, iOS 18 appeared to be ahead of its predecessor, reaching 76% of all compatible iPhones a month before iOS 17 did the year before. Even that figure was perhaps surprisingly low, however, since Tim Cook had announced vastly faster upgrading at the start in October 2024.
"[This is a] really early stat, which is only three days worth of data," he said at the time, "but users are adopting iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted 17.1 in the year ago quarter."
Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
You may also be interested in this
Daily deals: $949 M2 MacB…
06.19.2023
Today's hottest deals include $1,429 off an M1 Max MacBook Pro with AppleCare+, 64% off Skullcandy Riff wireless headphones, 85% off a mophie wireless charging dock, and up to 45%
Deals: AirPods 4 $100, Ai…
03.24.2025
Today’s new Apple deals are now sitting along hundreds in savings on the latest M4 Pro MacBook Pro and solid $100 price drops on the iPad mini 7. But we
WWDC 2025: All the Rumors…
06.05.2025
We're just a handful of days away from the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple plans to introduce new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. visionOS isn't
Rumor: iOS 18’s Rev…
06.07.2024
Rumors continue to surface about changes planned for Control Center on iOS 18, which Apple is set to unveil during its WWDC keynote on Monday. The latest word comes from
Rosenblatt upgrades Apple…
06.26.2024
In a bullish move, investment firm Rosenblatt upgraded Apple (AAPL) to a “Buy” rating, citing the company’s potential with Apple Intelligence. This upgrade comes with a significant increase in the
Best external SSD for Mac
01.01.2025
Macworld Solid-state drives – aka SSD – used to be really expensive, but prices have really fallen in the last few years, and you can now pick up fast, reliable
First-world problems driv…
08.25.2024
Apple's potential push into robotics is due to needing new ways to expand, with the first-world problem solutions potentially introducing a new personality like Siri.An iPad on a robot arm
Live Activities on iPhone…
09.05.2023
Remember Live Activities, the iOS feature that lets apps display persistent status updates without spamming you with notifications? DoorDash might be the next app to adopt the feature. more…
