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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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The iOS 11 operating system is installed on 76 percent of devices as of April 22, according to statistics Apple shared today on its App Store support page for developers.
That's up 11 percentage points since January 18, when iOS 11 was installed on 65 percent of devices, and 24 percentage points since November 6, when iOS 11 was installed on 52 percent of devices.
19 percent of devices continue to use iOS 10, while 5 percent of devices use earlier versions of iOS, such as iOS 9. Many of these devices are likely older and unable to be updated to the newest version of iOS.
iOS 11 adoption rates have been growing steadily, but adoption has been markedly slower than iOS 10. In February of 2017, for example, iOS 10 was installed on nearly 80 percent of active devices.
iOS 11 has been plagued by high-profile bugs and issues like the HomeKit bug, the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, and most notably, the iPhone slowdown controversy that saw Apple throttling the performance of older iPhones. Though not directly related to iOS 11, it's likely people shied away from updating after reading about the issue.
The 11 percent uptick in iOS 11 adoption from January to April can be attributed to the launch of iOS 11.2 in December and iOS 11.3 in March, both of which were major updates introducing key new features.
iOS 11.2 brought Apple Pay Cash and faster 7.5W wireless charging for Apple's newest devices, while iOS 11.3 included a new battery health tool, ARKit 1.5, a Health Records feature, and many other smaller changes.
iOS 11.4, which is in the works, is another update that could spur adoption, as it will introduce Messages on iCloud and AirPlay 2 if the features currently in testing make it into the release.
Customers may be wary of iOS 11, leading to somewhat slower adoption rates, but Apple's iOS 11 install base is beyond impressive compared to Google's adoption numbers for its latest operating system update.
As of April 16, just 0.5 percent of Android devices are running the newest version of Android Oreo, and only 4.6 percent of devices total have Oreo installed. The majority of Android users continue to run Android Lollipop, Marshmallow, and Nougat, operating systems that came out in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively.
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This is like bragging 99% voter turnout for the single candidate in dictator-run countries. you have no choice.
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Sooner or later it'll make us all diabetic just looking at all the variations. nothing but sugar charts, yet I don't find that platform sweet.
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I'd like to see more parallel statistics between iOS vs Android with comparison to the total number of devices shipped/activated by each and draw relevant charts there. As we all know there is not even half as many iOS phones/tablets vs Android phones/tablets.
so with total amount of iOS Phones/tablets I'd like to see that compared to equal amount of devices then draw the installed base. Still I'd say iOS would easily win the comparison.
You're talking about the Dock that works just the same as it did before, it's just consumes a bit more real estate. As for split screen and slide over, they're not a lot of use on an iPad mini.
- Files app
Not seeing how an app rename from iCloud Drive makes it work any better
- new keyboard with numbers and symbols always accessible.
Improvement #1
- improved multitasking screen
Not sure how the slowing down of app closing is improved
- new App Store
New App Store icon… you left out the last word
- better spotlight
Didn't use it in the previous iOS, nor the one before than, or the one before that, or, errr… ever, so it being 5000x better isn't saying much
- more powerful notes
A note is a note… what's more powerful?
- faster Safari
Faster than what? I think you're assuming a properly working battery
- better design and accessibility
I have still to change an option in Settings > General > Accessibility since my first iPhone 3G… I am surely missing something regarding the word "better"
- screen recorder
Haven't used that either
- new screenshot and markup tools
Huh?? A screenshot is a screenshot… if its not an exact representation of your screen its no longer a screenshot
- shared iCloud storage
5GB isn't a lot to share as it is… so I'm not sharing it
- improved widgets
Improved isn't exactly the word I'd use to describe going to single column from having dual columns
Soooooo as improvements go you didn't get to #2 in my book.
I understand that.
As a user, it's frustrating.
As an app developer, it must be even more difficult. Your target OS is constantly moving with the aggressive adoption rate; compared to other platforms, such as PC, PS4, XBONE, Switch, or even Android.
I loved it when I went to turn off iCloud and especially sharing I got a prompt that they would delete all the photos I've shared from my brand new iPhoneyX. they can kiss all my parts of my rear side.
IOs 11 runs like crap and I don’t like it because lots of apps I used are no longer working. It’s amazing how insecure and easily exploitable IOS must be that it requires so many critical security updates. Half the time more bugs are introduced than are actually fixed. Most new features are over rated and I could easily live without them.
Most importantly it’s my device that I paid for and I want to use it how I wish, you may enjoy being forced and told how to use a device and what you can do but I would rather have a choice.
Most importantly it’s my device that I paid for and I want to use it how I wish, you may enjoy being forced and told how to use a device and what you can do but I would rather have a choice.
Over 2000 apps installed on my iPhone X... routinely backup to iCloud and my MacBook Pro. Restore my X setup to my backup iPhone 7 Plus 256GB every few months to keep them mirrored. Have been running iOS 11 since launch and usually install the betas. Have not seen any issues at all as long as all the installed apps are up to date. Battery life is good on both devices, but better on X which isn’t surprising since it has a more efficient processor.
Also have about 600 apps on my iPad Pro 10.5 64GB on iOS 11.4 also... no issues. I’d rather be on more secure version so always update. The people on iOS 10 or 9 are either using bad software from bad developers or haven’t taken time to backup and restore the phone if the system is corrupted. There is no reason iOS 11 would slow down your device unless it was a bad install or you are using bad apps.
It’s not really hard to determine if the system install went badly or it’s an app. Android doesn’t even have a way to backup and restore everything as it was, so the people that are too lazy to use the tools Apple gives to fix their devices have no business complaining or advising other users not to upgrade.
I feel that there is really no reason to run older versions of iOS. It’s not faster, it’s not safer, and there are plenty of 64bit apps to use. Any of the 32bit apps that I lost were already surpassed by alternatives from other developers. I have not seen a single app I could not replace except for some games. If buying a replacement is an issue then maybe you should think more about if being cheap is worth running an older insecure iOS version with know exploits.
If you want to stay on old version, go for it, but don’t tell people they should also if you can’t be bothered to figure out what’s wrong with your phone. Clearly the majority of people aren’t having issues and even people like me that push their devices hard.
Also have about 600 apps on my iPad Pro 10.5 64GB on iOS 11.4 also... no issues. I’d rather be on more secure version so always update. The people on iOS 10 or 9 are either using bad software from bad developers or haven’t taken time to backup and restore the phone if the system is corrupted. There is no reason iOS 11 would slow down your device unless it was a bad install or you are using bad apps.
It’s not really hard to determine if the system install went badly or it’s an app. Android doesn’t even have a way to backup and restore everything as it was, so the people that are too lazy to use the tools Apple gives to fix their devices have no business complaining or advising other users not to upgrade.
I feel that there is really no reason to run older versions of iOS. It’s not faster, it’s not safer, and there are plenty of 64bit apps to use. Any of the 32bit apps that I lost were already surpassed by alternatives from other developers. I have not seen a single app I could not replace except for some games. If buying a replacement is an issue then maybe you should think more about if being cheap is worth running an older insecure iOS version with know exploits.
If you want to stay on old version, go for it, but don’t tell people they should also if you can’t be bothered to figure out what’s wrong with your phone. Clearly the majority of people aren’t having issues and even people like me that push their devices hard.
Why is such comparison of a proprietary OS to an open source OS? The ideal comparison would be adoption rate of iOS 11 with Android 8 on Google Pixel.
Hey MacRumors and Juli Clover,
How the hell do you write an article about adoption rates of the latest iOS and android operating system without including the date that both of those operating systems were originally released? Right up top? Come on, guys. The large difference in adoption rates only has meaning in the context of how many days each operating system has been available to consumers. You guys usually have a pretty high standard of journalism, compared to other tech sites, which is why I will read MacRumors daily. But this is definitely a miss.
How the hell do you write an article about adoption rates of the latest iOS and android operating system without including the date that both of those operating systems were originally released? Right up top? Come on, guys. The large difference in adoption rates only has meaning in the context of how many days each operating system has been available to consumers. You guys usually have a pretty high standard of journalism, compared to other tech sites, which is why I will read MacRumors daily. But this is definitely a miss.
It's the nature of pretty much any software these days that there are fairly constant updates.
You do have a choice when it comes to most of it all. That said, at unfortunate your experience isn't a good one.
What the heck do you guys do on your phones in a day? I usually have about 40% left at the end of the day on my 7 Plus, and that usually includes an hour of Pandora streaming (back/forth on commute) and 1-2 hours of phone calls on Bluetooth headsets. plus a "normal" amount of email, texting, and browsing. The only thing that really chews it up is any GPS/nav usage (either Apple or Google Maps) where it is constantly updating and downloading new maps as position changes. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I didn't see any hit going from iOS10 to iOS11.
Also would add... I had many Nexus, Samsung, and HTC devices for years on Android while keeping an iPad and iPod Touch on the side, so had plenty of time to compare Android and iOS side by side. I got tired of rooting / unlocking bootloaders on Android devices just to get security updates in a timely manner.
There were some things nice about Android, but it got tiresome pretty quick. I switched back to iOS full time when the 6S came out and haven’t looked back. On Android, I would get to about 300 apps installed before it would barely boot and lag constantly. There are a few things Android can do iOS can’t but not much that matters in day to day use.... no more emulators or installing Linux, but that was just for fun... not needed.
I have found an iOS app to do almost everything Android could do, so I don’t feel that miss it at all. I don’t need 2000 apps installed, but I like knowing I can install them if I want to since iOS is very stable and manages background processes better. I have everything could possibly ever need kind of like how a browser caches stuff to speed up use.
After switching back from Android I originally set out to find an iOS equivalent for every site and application I used on a computer or Android... I nicknamed my side project “Project Never Bored”... after finding them all it’s safe to say will never go bored with 2000 apps on my X. I have more installed than I have time to test, but would like to get through most of them some day lol.
If I need to access something quick that I use rarely I just use search function instead of having to re download it. I keep the most used apps on
eight homesceeens and the last home screen is all folders that are about eight pages deep each.
At this point Android would have to make a lot of improvements to stability for me to switch back. I don’t miss the free for all of apps running in background and every developer thinking they need a constantly running background process for their app.
There were some things nice about Android, but it got tiresome pretty quick. I switched back to iOS full time when the 6S came out and haven’t looked back. On Android, I would get to about 300 apps installed before it would barely boot and lag constantly. There are a few things Android can do iOS can’t but not much that matters in day to day use.... no more emulators or installing Linux, but that was just for fun... not needed.
I have found an iOS app to do almost everything Android could do, so I don’t feel that miss it at all. I don’t need 2000 apps installed, but I like knowing I can install them if I want to since iOS is very stable and manages background processes better. I have everything could possibly ever need kind of like how a browser caches stuff to speed up use.
After switching back from Android I originally set out to find an iOS equivalent for every site and application I used on a computer or Android... I nicknamed my side project “Project Never Bored”... after finding them all it’s safe to say will never go bored with 2000 apps on my X. I have more installed than I have time to test, but would like to get through most of them some day lol.
If I need to access something quick that I use rarely I just use search function instead of having to re download it. I keep the most used apps on
eight homesceeens and the last home screen is all folders that are about eight pages deep each.
At this point Android would have to make a lot of improvements to stability for me to switch back. I don’t miss the free for all of apps running in background and every developer thinking they need a constantly running background process for their app.
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Yes but at least you were allowed that decision to upgrade or not - for some fairly recently purchased android devices that is a choice you don’t have...
I guess Android is so good it doesn't need updating
The graphics in this article is lacking temporal perspective.I wish Apple were embarrassed to be selling 4-generation old CPUs in their desktops, a "Pro" desktop that hasn't seen a proper update in half a decade, and a $1000 phone that won't even connect to a MacBook/Pro without first buying a separate cable.
But alas, here we are.
I would gladly run an 'outdated' version of iOS that ran properly rather than being forced/stuck on one that runs like garbage.
I wish Apple were embarrassed to be selling 4-generation old CPUs in their desktops, a "Pro" desktop that hasn't seen a proper update in half a decade, and a $1000 phone that won't even connect to a MacBook/Pro without first buying a separate cable.
But alas, here we are.
I would gladly run an 'outdated' version of iOS that ran properly rather than being forced/stuck on one that runs like garbage.
They have already stated they are working on it. I’d rather see then take the time to do it right than rush something out.
The iPhone X ships with a cable that connects to most used standard. If you can afford bleeding edge 2017 or 2018 MacBook Pro I assume you can afford a cable also. It would not make sense to ship it with a cable that majority of people buying device can’t even use... they aren’t stupid, and there is pretty good logic behind most of their decisions whether you are smart enough to figure it out or not.
You aren’t forced to run garbage... iOS 11 is fine. Did you even look at my post above yours? If your phone runs badly there is probably a reason... either the apps you installed are poorly coded or the system is corrupted. Remove and reinstall or update the apps... or backup and restore the device. It’s not that hard to get a stable system... if I can install 2000 apps on iOS 11 on multiple devices, I’m sure most of the complainers can get a fraction of that running stable if they took the time to figure out what was wrong instead of coming here and complainging constantly lol
Same here. I recently updated my iPad Air 2 from 10.3.3 to 11.3 after I realized I wasn’t using any of my 32bit apps anyway. If anything it’s gotten smoother. 10.3.3 was FAR from bug free. I’d rather have my security up to date than a slight performance benefit. The additional features are just icing on the cake. We also have iP8, SE, and iP6 that imo all run iOS 11 quite well. Not that there aren’t a few bugs here and there though.
It's beyond pathetic that one of the biggest tech companies lets the "Pro" device go 5-6 years before updating it.
If USB-A is the standard, why in the world did Apple not include a single one on the MBP that was released a year and a half ago? Then the whole thing would be moot. But instead they connect from Lightning to USB-A, while the laptops only get USB-C. The Mac Pro and Mini still only have TB2, even.
No mention of what devices you're using. My iPhone 6 barely has any additional software on it and runs poorly on iOS 10. iOS 11 is unbearably slow, meaning I would have to replace it.
Perhaps you're running newer hardware, or perhaps you just have a much lower standard of what you consider acceptable performance. iOS 9 ran like a beaute on my iPhone 6, so my point is that I would go back in a heartbeat if Apple didn't lock the device to updates permanently. Granted, I should probably get my battery replaced since it's no doubt being throttled right down... sneaky beaky Apple!
I can remember the days when Apple would brag about how many milliseconds quicker their touch displays responded versus competitors. Now it can take seconds to respond, if it does at all (thanks to input-blocking).
One has to also note that the increased percentage of Oreo is more due to the plethora of newer Android handsets being released with Oreo, not due to older handsets getting the update.
One just should not expect the Android ecosystem to be like Apple’s. Android OEMs make money by selling new phones. Updating old phones not only cost money and resources, it prevents users from buying newer phones. And with the thin margins they are operating with, there’s just no incentive to update phones.
If you want Android phone with prompt updates, best bet is to get the Pixel or Android One phones. Luckily, seems like more and more OEMs adopting the Android One program, with Xiaomi and Nokia being the recent additions.
One just should not expect the Android ecosystem to be like Apple’s. Android OEMs make money by selling new phones. Updating old phones not only cost money and resources, it prevents users from buying newer phones. And with the thin margins they are operating with, there’s just no incentive to update phones.
If you want Android phone with prompt updates, best bet is to get the Pixel or Android One phones. Luckily, seems like more and more OEMs adopting the Android One program, with Xiaomi and Nokia being the recent additions.
You are running four year old device... in what world is a four year old computer supposed to still be blazing fast?It’s not a desktop with unlimited power from the wall... there are even more limitations due to it being mobile.
The developers of apps have moved on and are targeting the new hardware... the only way you could expect a four year old device to stay fast is if the developers of apps never targeted their features for the new hardware.
Why should the people that upgrade be held back by the people that don’t want to upgrade? Your phone runs... just not fast. You might as well complain your old car gets bad gas mileage compared to new ones while you are at it. The problem you are stating is because of your choice... I don’t complain when old stuff acts like old stuff... I replace it... pretty simple concept... especially in computer world where the hardware is constantly improving.
The iPhone X has 70% improvement in multitasking over 7... you are using not a 7, or a 6S, but a 6... and are complaining the software released in 2018 that is made to take advantage of these huge leaps is slow on your 2014 device... really lol?
Of course!!!! if Apple is pushing to upload every day and after you say "later" it prompts you to type your password to upgrade... Is not that we are thrilled, is Apple pushing you to do it.
And not only that... Now I need to upgrade my OS to transfer songs to my iPhone via iTunes. I keep upgrading and my OS makes the computer/ iPhone slower.
And not only that... Now I need to upgrade my OS to transfer songs to my iPhone via iTunes. I keep upgrading and my OS makes the computer/ iPhone slower.