Roger Fingas
A little over 5 months after the update's release, iOS 10 had made it onto 79 percent of iOS devices, according to official Apple statistics shared with developers.
The figure is based on App Store tracking data as of Feb. 20, Apple said. The same data indicated that 16 percent of devices are on iOS 9, while 5 percent are relying on earlier operating systems.
That would so far suggest faster adoption than iOS 9, which by the same point last year was only on 77 percent of devices, having hit 75 percent in January. That in turn outpaced iOS 8, which took about six months to reach iOS 10's current levels.
As usual, Apple didn't indicate the reasons for iOS 10's performance. One is likely the record sales of the iPhone 7, which comes with iOS 10 pre-installed.
The software brought with it a number of changes, including Siri and Maps improvements, a dedicated Home app, an overhauled Messages with its own sub-apps, and an improved notification system, including media previews and inline message replies.
The combined featureset may have enticed a number of existing device owners to upgrade. Many of the people on previous iOS releases are presumably using devices deemed incompatible with iOS 10, such as 2011's iPhone 4s.
The next major version of iOS, iOS 11, should be shown off at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, then go public sometime in the fall after a lengthy beta test.
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The remaining twenty percent are the types that never update anything just because, tech luddites who refuse to move forward, and lastly the dozen or so trolls who complain about needing to be on a certain release because everything else sucks. These are the ones who yammer on about how they OWN their device and should be allowed to install anything, anywhere. Then there’s the two or three jailbreakers still strutting their stuff to look important and impress their fellow junior high emos.
Does the 5% of earlier than iOS9 account for older devices that just can't be updated any more?
Impressive... Most impressive.
I’d like to know the percentage of iOS 10 on devices on which it physically CAN be installed, too.
Are you kidding me???
Only because Apple annoys the F'n S#!* out of you every time you turn your device on with their relentless pop-up windows until you just capitulate out of sheer anger and frustration.
Honestly, its forced complience and a big steaming pile of bullshit. It's one of the worst policies of Apple and Tim should be tarred and feathered for this crap. Steve Jobs would never in his life allowed this kind of crap that ruins the user experience.
This article isn't anything to be proud of - its just stating how many people Apple made completely misserable before they caved.