It’s normal for many people to install iOS 16 as soon as it appears available for download, but It seems that this year the adoption rate of the new iOS is like never seen. There are several developers reporting rarely seen install rates, even exceeding iOS 15’s share, but just by the hair.
In some apps, there are already more iOS 16 users than iOS 15
Christian Selig, lead developer of the Reddit Apollo client for iOS, revealed that the share of app users using iOS 16 is 49.3%. That of iOS 15, 49.1%, or 0.2% less. But the fact that there are already more iOS 16 users than iOS 15 is quite an achievement considering that iOS 16 is only eight days old:
Dang it didn’t take long, the use of iOS 16 has already surpassed the use of iOS 15 in Apollo. iOS 14 usage has also halved. pic.twitter.com/RgeLFdyA5C
— Christian Selig (@ChristianSelig) September 18, 2022
Analytics is also beginning to investigate this adoption, and Mixpanel already has estimates that say 22% of all iPhone users are already using iOS 16. 68% would continue with iOS 15, the remaining 12% would use iOS 14 or earlier.
The iMore media, which compiled this data, bets that this stronger will to update they are motivated by the news of the platform. We all want that lock screen, and those who use iMessage daily (the US, in particular) also want the ability to edit and delete messages that have already been sent.
Little by little we will see more precise estimates in this regard, but again: such a high install rate is a sign that Apple continues to win in what Android costs more. And it is that its community of users always seeks to be updated with the latest version and avoid fragmentation between versions This discourages developers. Of course, the arrival of iPhone 14s with iOS 16 pre-installed will also help.
