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Tim Cook has revealed that the adoption rate of iOS 18.1 is far faster than it was for iOS 17.1 at the same time in 2023.
Just ahead of its latest earnings call, Tim Cook has announced that the first indications of Apple Intelligence's success have come from the increased rate of updates.
"A really early stat, which is only three days worth of data," he told CNBC, "but users are adopting iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted 17.1 in the year ago quarter."
"It's a combination that 15 was stronger than 14 in the year... and 16 was stronger than 15," he continued. "Plus, keep in mind that the 15 Pro and Pro Max also run Apple Intelligence."
So Cook is at least suggesting that Apple Intelligence is prompting updates from both new iPhone 16 users and people remaining on the 2023 Pro models.
He gave no further detail, and it's not clear whether the increased adoption rate is global, or solely in the US. So far Apple Intelligence has only been released to the public in the US, where it came out on October 28, 2024.
Cook has also not mentioned adoption figures for the Mac. Apple Intelligence was released for US users of macOS Sequoia on the same day.
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I have an iPhone 15. Some nice small tweaks but I can't see a compelling reason to upgrade given the lack of AI capacity. I should have bought the Pro ) :
Was going to hold off on my Mac, AI doesn’t interest me. but 15.0.0 and 15.0.1 had some significant networking issues with Remote Desktops, etc., so I kinda had to.
Updated my iphone SE 3. All went well, turned off for the night. Next morning would not recognize my Passcode. After multiple attempts, and the wait 1 hr, wait 3 hrs, wait 8 hours, iPhone is “UNAVAILABLE”. Option for Emergency Calls, but none for “Forgot Passcode”. And yes, this is the exact same Passcode I have been using since before the 18.1 update. So now am without an iPhone and no idea how to fix this Apple snafu.