Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple now notes that as of June 22, 84 percent of its mobile users are now using iOS 8. Analytics firm Mixpanel further details that 40 percent of the installed base has already upgraded to iOS 8.4, and states that rapid adoption is being driven by interest in the new Apple Music.
Apple's users are prompted to upgrade, so organic updates naturally drive adoption of new releases as they become available. However, Mixpanel's chief executive Suhail Doshi noted that 'the pace at which adoption has occurred indicates Apple Music is definitely a key factor as well' in driving adoption.
Apple Music requires iOS 8.4, giving users an additional reason to make space and set aside time to download the new software.
Going forward, Apple outlined plans at last month's Worldwide Developer Conference to make it even easier for users to adopt iOS 9, by greatly reducing the amount of free space users need to have in order to download the update, as well as allowing users to schedule the upgrade to occur at night.
Apple has long held an advanced lead in getting its users to upgrade to the latest version of its platforms, both when comparing iOS to Android and OS X to Windows. It is far easier for Apple to make updates available for its users because it doesn't have to deal with the vast variety of hardware differences in its installed base of users.
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I turned it off. It doesn't impress me, if I don't like a song enough to buy it, it doesn't need to be in my library. On iOS, with it turned on it is way more cumbersome to get to your local playlists. As a DJ that is frustrating. Furthermore, on iTunes I cannot edit certain info fields on any of my music now. It just won't work on either of my Macs. I can't seem to find the issue online or what may be causing it, but iTunes match moved a few audiobooks into music, switched a few album covers with book covers, and will not let me edit those fields.. "media kind" or "album artwork". "Music" is the only shown option for media kind. Album artwork doesn't save after editing. There is no DRM on these local copies. Unimpressed to say the least. Maybe, MAYBE if the bugs are worked out. I also hate the lack of editing capability on self curated stations as you had under iTunes radio. Lame.
[quote name="pigybank" url="/t/187122/apple-music-helps-ios-8-4-exceed-40-adoption-in-first-week#post_2745841"]I turned it off. It doesn't impress me, if I don't like a song enough to buy it, it doesn't need to be in my library. On iOS, with it turned on it is way more cumbersome to get to your local playlists. As a DJ that is frustrating. Furthermore, on iTunes I cannot edit certain info fields on any of my music now. It just won't work on either of my Macs. I can't seem to find the issue online or what may be causing it, but iTunes match moved a few audiobooks into music, switched a few album covers with book covers, and will not let me edit those fields.. "media kind" or "album artwork". "Music" is the only shown option for media kind. Album artwork doesn't save after editing. There is no DRM on these local copies. Unimpressed to say the least. Maybe, MAYBE if the bugs are worked out. I also hate the lack of editing capability on self curated stations as you had under iTunes radio. Lame.[/quote] I turned it off as well. The recommendations in For You actually got worse as time went on. :lol: I also don't like that in the new Music app it is no longer simple to see what's in the cloud and what's on the device. I had to do a restore today because of the big number of bugs in 8.4, and now I'm having to spend hours retuning my music on my iPhone because the music wasn't restored the way it was before. If I had the old cloud download icon, problem solved. At least they got rid of Cover Flow.
[quote name="TheWhiteFalcon" url="/t/187122/apple-music-helps-ios-8-4-exceed-40-adoption-in-first-week/0_100#post_2745846"] I turned it off as well. The recommendations in For You actually got worse as time went on. :lol: I also don't like that in the new Music app it is no longer simple to see what's in the cloud and what's on the device. I had to do a restore today because of the big number of bugs in 8.4, and now I'm having to spend hours retuning my music on my iPhone because the music wasn't restored the way it was before. If I had the old cloud download icon, problem solved. At least they got rid of Cover Flow.[/quote] I'm still not liking it either and agree with you. Although, I'm still going to give it a chance for a little more time.
[quote name="sog35" url="/t/187122/apple-music-helps-ios-8-4-exceed-40-adoption-in-first-week/0_100#post_2745815"]Man AppleMusic is going to be a hit. Before I tried the free trial I was 100% sure I wasn't going to pay $ for streaming. But after using it for a few days.....WOW! Having almost every single song know to man at your fingertips or with a short phase using Siri is amazing. But the key is the curation. The BEATS software is FLATOUT AMAZING in recommending songs! That $3B price tag for Beats was such a smart move. This is why you need to trust Apple. All the haters on this board said buying Beats was stupid. They said they sell overrated headphones. But the truth is Apple bought them mainly for the BEATS software and Music connections. Those things the haters did not even consider. [/quote] Not going to deny that Apple Music will be a hit because I think it will as well. I guess I'm just not that impressed with it as you are as I've been able to do all this already with Google Play Music except for the Sir integration, which I don't use anyways. Google Play Music already did a great job at curated music with Songza that's made by humans and discovery of new music for me. I'm still giving Apple Music a chance but the fact that it's hard as hell to make a new playlist from the song that's playing drives me bonkers.
[quote name="sog35" url="/t/187122/apple-music-helps-ios-8-4-exceed-40-adoption-in-first-week#post_2745815"]Man AppleMusic is going to be a hit. Before I tried the free trial I was 100% sure I wasn't going to pay $ for streaming. But after using it for a few days.....WOW! Having almost every single song know to man at your fingertips or with a short phase using Siri is amazing. But the key is the curation. The BEATS software is FLATOUT AMAZING in recommending songs! That $3B price tag for Beats was such a smart move. This is why you need to trust Apple. All the haters on this board said buying Beats was stupid. They said they sell overrated headphones. But the truth is Apple bought them mainly for the BEATS software and Music connections. Those things the haters did not even consider. [/quote] Apple could've done the same at a fraction of the price, but they were pressed for time, which led them to over pay for Beats.