Those are NOT only candy names - oreo, gingerbread, ice cream sandwich, marshmallow are sweets and desserts.
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iOS 11 Now Installed on 76% of iOS Devices, While Android 8 is Installed on 4.6% of Android Devices
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If you know your alphabet Android versions are named in alphabetical order.
Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice Cream Sandwich
Jelly Bean
KitKat
Lollipop
Marshmallow
Nougat
Oreo
This is not considering the number that have wanted to roll back to iOS 10 but were unable to as Apple has stopped signing iOS 10.
Just because its installed on a high percentage of devices doesn't automatically mean it is popular.
Just because its installed on a high percentage of devices doesn't automatically mean it is popular.
I read that the S7 might get Oreo in May. Meanwhile, this is when the Android P developer preview is ongoing. iOS 11 was available to the iPhone 6S right away the same day the 7/7+ got it. Google's Project Treble won't help curb these fragmentation issues. Samsung and their contemporaries won't do anything either.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Only if you know that and also the first letter, which could get mixed up. Even then, still takes more effort to tell immediately.
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I haven't read any complaints from android users saying they are missing new OS feature or can't run a app due to old OS version.
It's almost as if OS updates only matter for iOS because Apple likli to hide app features behind OS updates instead of just doing app updates.
I mean, iOS 6 is still the best version they've released. If only it had security updates, I'd get an old iPhone just to have it. Newer versions are slower, and the Music app is crap now.
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Yeah all thanks to the unique way Apple shoves their updates down your throat...... in fact iOS updates are the perfect example of ‘shovelware’..
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Yeap, couldn’t agree anymore with you on that.
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Yeap, couldn’t agree anymore with you on that.
I guess I am one of the few that wonders why this matters and the relevance. Apple has high iOS 11 installations because they will nag you until you yield. All it means to me is they are good at nagging you enough to install so more people can experience the greatness of iOS 11 bugs and poor quality control.
It’s almost as if Google doesn’t really care too much about this, as long as they can drive android users to use their supplied apps and services...
...Which then contribute to their user-profiling and selling ads on their ad network.
And it’s almost if the phone manufacturers don’t really care either as long as people buy their phones in meaningful numbers.
And hey, as long as people can stillget the latest versions of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YT, Snap, Twitter etc. they probably don’t care that they’re on an old distribution either.
Cynical, I know...
Hi, developer here. It actually one of may favourite topics. I hope iOS 12 adoption rate will beat iOS 10 and 11. It’s sad to see people don’t update.
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Nether iOS stats. Been at secret Apple club was never about following the herd. We know that products we use better, but most people don’t.
The workaround is to install an Apple TV dev profile on your phone to silence all updates. I used to do that... and it also caused random weird issues trying to use my phone with Xcode, so I won't do it again.
You can’t just add new feature into system apps without improving API. You want this feature to be available to third party apps too. Big amount of,work goes into improving and fixing API.
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First. How else you can measure this. I assume Apple doesn’t want power to know exact numbers. For multiple reasons.
Wait what do you mean “always on”? You still can go to the Settings app and disable it. Which I don’t recommend because Bluetooth cost nothing and keeping phone on cellular is more expensive than Wi-Fi. What else is “total crap”?
This article reminds me of one of the frustrations I ran into when I took a brief foray into the Android world around the time the iPhone 4 was released. Unless you have a "Google" phone, the chances are about a million to one that you'll get the latest release of Android anywhere close to when Google releases it. Shame that this is still an issue.
I had a Droid X back in the day, and I remember it taking about nine months before Verizon finally pushed the latest Android update (which was probably already old by the time they pushed it). I really missed the iOS experience where Apple releases an update and it is immediately available regardless of carrier or device. Needless to say, the iPhone 5 brought me back to iOS and I've stayed ever since.
I had a Droid X back in the day, and I remember it taking about nine months before Verizon finally pushed the latest Android update (which was probably already old by the time they pushed it). I really missed the iOS experience where Apple releases an update and it is immediately available regardless of carrier or device. Needless to say, the iPhone 5 brought me back to iOS and I've stayed ever since.
Haven't used an Android device since Jellybean, I recall the biggest issue with getting updates were because of carriers though. If you wanted a new OS on your phone it was pretty easy to install it yourself, but waiting on the OTA update was always the annoying part
Yes. watchOS and iOS work together, for instance Health sync. So if there’s new Health improvement, it won’t work just on a single device. And every watchOS version is big performance and UX improvement, so make sure you have the latest.
You forgot to add: it's almost as if most users don't care if they are on the newest version of Android.
IDK if Bluetooth costs nothing in terms of power. I turn it off because I don't have any BT accessories, and it's a common vector for malicious exploits. Same with NTP; iPhones were getting bricked by that "set time to 0" bug ~2 years ago. Best to turn things off if you don't use them.