Apple posted iOS 18 assumption Tariffs on Friday, which differ only slightly from the numbers for iOS 17 a year ago. The company states that 68 percent of all devices iOS 18 is installed iPhones (As of January 21) and 76 percent of the models of the past four years.
A year ago, 66 percent of all iPhones ran iOS 17, so there is an increase of two percent for iOS 18 this year.
iPad The owners also do not move needles dramatically. According to Apple, 53 percent of all iPads run Ipados 18 (The same as Ipados 17 a year ago). And Ipados 18 has run over 63 percent of the tablets of the past four years. This is a level more than the 61 percent of the devices of the past four years, on which Ipados 17 runs at the beginning of last year.
Does the little boost come from? Apple Intelligence Recycle a few more curious adoptants? Unfortunately, the company is silent about how many people have chosen its suite of generative AI functions.
Regardless of this, we can speculate that Apple is striving to accept Apple Intelligence: in the latest beta version of iOS 18.3, Apple activates its AI functions by default during onboarding. (You can still unsubscribe afterwards, but have to investigate in the settings.) In previous versions, it was an opt-in function that you had to expressly agreed during the furnishings. This software could be available next week.
