Almost half of all iOS users are using the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, according to figures released by Cupertino on its App Store Distribution page.
The figures show that as of September 21, 46 percent of users had upgraded to iOS 8, slightly down from the 49 percent of users on iOS 7. A tiny minority (just 5 percent) of users are still using earlier firmware versions.
Prior to the release of iOS 8 on September 17, more than 90 percent of users were running iOS 7.
Despite an initially much slower rate than iOS 7 adoption (and even slower than iOS 6), iOS 8 is now tracking favorably compared to previous iOS launches. The high uptake could be attributable in part to the record-breaking sales of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: Apple sold a massive 10 million-plus units in the new phones’ first weekend.
If you want to keep an eye on iOS 8 adoption in real time you can check out Fiksu’s livetracker, alongside AppSee’s tracker and MixPanel, all of which give unofficial but fairly accurate indications of how many people are using which versions of Apple’s mobile OS.
If you haven’t already upgraded to iOS 8 you can do it here — after you read our tips on how to get ready for an iOS 8 upgrade the right way.
Via: iClarified
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
4 responses to “46% of users are already running iOS 8 a week after launch”
There are still a significant number (several hundred) applications that make
use of Audiobus and that are in wide use by iPad musicians that haven’t
been updated to use the Audiobus 2.1 SDK and which will not work with
Audiobus with iOS 8. This includes apps by major players like Arturia and Korg. Again, as last time there was an iOS update, those who actually rely on iPads for serious music
production will not be upgrading any time soon.
I won’t be touching iOS 8 until at least an 8.0.1 release, and maybe not
even then if said apps have still not updated. There are no features in
iOS 8 that are attractive to me as a musician using iPads.
See the video below for more information. (Doug Woods has produced scores
of tutorial videos for iPad musicians – check his complete youtube
channel – thesoundtestroom – and makes a rare in-front-of-the-camera
appearance here to speak to this issue).
Additionally, some iPad musicians who accidentally updated to iOS 8 are seeking to
take advantage of the short term ability to downgrade again to 7.1.2
http://youtu.be/Nq5iYZUGfsg?list=UUDU1ULcAb0OMgv0Xi0CbYYw
Odd – for some reason this comment didn’t show up.
There are still a significant number (several hundred) applications that make use of Audiobus and that are in wide use by iPad musicians that haven’t been updated to use the Audiobus 2.1 SDK and which will not work with Audiobus with iOS 8. This includes apps by major players like Arturia and Korg. Again, as last time there was an iOS update, those who actually rely on iPads for serious music
production will not be upgrading any time soon.
I won’t be touching iOS 8 until at least an 8.0.1 release, and maybe not
even then if said apps have still not updated. There are no features in
iOS 8 that are attractive to me as a musician using iPads.
See the video below for more information. (Doug Woods has produced scores
of tutorial videos for iPad musicians – check his complete youtube
channel – thesoundtestroom – and makes a rare in-front-of-the-camera
appearance here to speak to this issue).
Additionally, some iPad musicians who accidentally updated to iOS 8 are seeking to
take advantage of the short term ability to downgrade again to 7.1.2
http://youtu.be/Nq5iYZUGfsg?list=UUDU1ULcAb0OMgv0Xi0CbYYw
IOS 8 installed easily on my iPad, however, the Apple and the Oxford dictionaries refused to load. I gave up in frustration, meaning to contact a helpline, but a few hours later they had installed themselves by some strange magic. Odd!
I’ll join iOS 8 once it’s jailbreakable.