Apple has printed some new adoption fee numbers for its cell working methods, they usually reveal an fascinating state of affairs the place the trajectories of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 in comparison with their predecessors are virtually reverse.
iOS 17 adoption is trailing iOS 16 adoption across the similar time final 12 months. The brand new model is already on 76% of iPhones launched within the final 4 years. That is in comparison with 81% for iOS 16 at the same cut-off date. Certain, the distinction is not big however it’s there – maybe folks do not think about iOS 17 and its subsequent level updates as vital as they did iOS 16 a 12 months in the past?
Anyway, 20% of iPhones launched within the final 4 years are nonetheless on iOS 16, whereas 4% are on earlier variations. If we’re speaking all iPhones nonetheless in use, then iOS 17 has a 66% slice of the pie, iOS 16 sits at 23%, and all earlier variations have a mixed 11%.
In relation to iPadOS, the state of affairs is reversed – iPadOS 17 is seeing extra traction than its predecessor did a 12 months in the past. iPadOS 17 is at the moment put in on 61% of iPads launched within the final 4 years, adopted by iPadOS 16 with 29% and earlier variations at 10%.
Final 12 months iPadOS 16 was solely on 53% of units launched within the earlier 4 years, in order that’s fairly a soar. If we take all iPads in use, then iOS 17 is on 53% of them, adopted by iPadOS 16 with 29%, and different variations with 18%.
These numbers are clearly higher than Android’s (we’re guessing, although Google stopped publishing these), however that is sensible since Apple is one firm managing not that many units total – whereas the Android ecosystem is far more numerous.
