iOS 9 Adoption Reaches 84% [Chart]

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Posted April 22, 2016 at 1:36am by Shalom Levytam

Apple has announced that adoption of iOS 9 has reached 84%.

Adoption of iOS 9 reached 84% on April 18th, as measured by the App Store. That's up from 79% on March 7th.

The jump is likely due to the release of iOS 9.3 which brought improvements to Notes, News, Health, Apple Music and the new Night Shift feature.

Currently, 11% of users are still on iOS 8 and 5% are on earlier firmware versions.

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Guest - April 27, 2016 at 4:12am

They intentionally don't want development of old titles for old devices, not even 1 year old in some cases. They remove the software from the store unless they support the latest software version. Then when they do support they say they no longer will support certain versions of iOS. The hardware in some devices is more than able to support the software they just don't want it to be able to for the profitability of a new device.

Guest - April 27, 2016 at 1:42am

Not really just about every software gets updated at one time. The problem is you can't use a lot of the programs unless you update to the latest software iOS. They intentionally force developers to support the latest versions and stop supporting old versions. In some cases they stop working completely. In many apps you're forced to update your device for the sole purpose so you cannot jailbreak it. Many newer devices sold have the latest software on it. Nowhere does the article say how many devices already have the latest software installed by default. The fact jailbreaking a phone was ruled legal by the DMCA means they just want to be able to control what your device does. That's like saying the $100,000 car you bought 5 years ago will stop working unless you plug into a computer and update it. They should make the software in the car compatible so you can update features without intentionally making certain features not work unless you buy a new car.

gamerscul9870 - April 27, 2016 at 3:55am

That doesn't excuse the first iPhone iPad, etc. from supporting any more versions than what it can handle. At least I could just use those to stay on an iOS version released years back because that's the most it can support while staying on a version that has a jailbreak and will never update from that point, but for me, I update because of how many features people miss out on and that there are big fixes which is trying to get people to understand. The jailbreak can wait and it will pay off to those who do wait.

Guest - April 26, 2016 at 11:31pm

Does this adoption rate actually matter to users?

gamerscul9870 - April 27, 2016 at 12:57am

You don't apparently! What this means is that people trust the modern iOS versions and are satisfied with what it does!

drigomarki - April 24, 2016 at 1:34pm

very simple calculation, 10% users jailbreaks their phones. Only 1% of those users upgraded to the latest iOS 9.3 because of their mistake. Here it goes adoption rate for 10% of users. So, stats are for those 90% that never jailbreak.

Great - April 22, 2016 at 2:09am

What's the percentage like for Android versions?

Spawntech - April 22, 2016 at 2:17am

This is predominately an Apple website just so you know...

gamerscul9870 - April 22, 2016 at 3:59am

forty something percent for most previous versions compared to the latest.