Like a majority of users, you may have already installed iOS 18 on your iPhone since its release last September. With this update, Apple promised a real revolution, in particular thanks to the arrival of Apple Intelligence.
In January 2025, the first official figures showed an adoption of 76% on recent iPhone and 68% on all compatible devices. Results slightly superior to iOS 17 at the same period.
Apple has now just published its new statistics. Before looking at this, let us remember that every year, the major iOS updates are generally adopted quickly by a large majority of users. The Cupertino firm makes it a point of honor to facilitate this transition, unlike Android where the adoption rate of the latest versions remains dramatically low: Only 4.5% according to the latest figures.
The firm reveals that IOS 18 team now 82% of all compatible iPhone and 88% of the models released over the past four years. A notable progression since January, but which remains a chouia below expectations for a system supposed to transform the user experience thanks to artificial intelligence.
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Figures identical to iOS 15
By comparing with the previous versions on the same period September-June, iOS 18 does not impress. With 82% adoption on all compatible iPhone, it does exactly as well as iOS 15 in 2022. IOS 16 reached 81% in 2023barely one point less.
The disappointment of recent years comes mainly from iOS 17, which with only 77% represented the lowest adoption rate For years. iOS 18 does better, but without creating a real break despite the supposed attraction of Apple Intelligence. This feature, reserved for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16, was obviously not enough to accelerate adoption.
Decline compared to iOS 16 for recent devices
On iPhone of the past four years,, iOS 18 reached 88% adoption. This figure exceeds 86% iOS 17, But remain Lower the performance of iOS 15 (89%) and especially iOS 16 (90%).
This difference may seem minimal, but it surprises in the face of Tim Cook’s statements. The CEO of Apple announced in October 2024 that users adopted iOS 18.1 “twice as quickly” as ios 17.1 the previous year.
This initial dynamic has visibly breathless over time. Finally, on the tablet side, iPados 18 displays similar results with 81% adoption on recent iPad.
By: keleops ag
