Tim Cook says users are updating to iOS 18.1 at twice the rate of iOS 17.1
by William Gallagher · AppleInsiderLast updated 3 hours ago
Tim Cook has revealed that the adoption rate of iOS 18.1 is far faster than it was for iOS 17.1 at the same time in 2023.
Just ahead of its latest earnings call, Tim Cook has announced that the first indications of Apple Intelligence's success have come from the increased rate of updates.
"A really early stat, which is only three days worth of data," he told CNBC, "but users are adopting iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted 17.1 in the year ago quarter."
"It's a combination that 15 was stronger than 14 in the year... and 16 was stronger than 15," he continued. "Plus, keep in mind that the 15 Pro and Pro Max also run Apple Intelligence."
So Cook is at least suggesting that Apple Intelligence is prompting updates from both new iPhone 16 users and people remaining on the 2023 Pro models.
He gave no further detail, and it's not clear whether the increased adoption rate is global, or solely in the US. So far Apple Intelligence has only been released to the public in the US, where it came out on October 28, 2024.
Cook has also not mentioned adoption figures for the Mac. Apple Intelligence was released for US users of macOS Sequoia on the same day.
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teejay2012 406 comments · 12 Years
About 2 hours ago
I have an iPhone 15. Some nice small tweaks but I can't see a compelling reason to upgrade given the lack of AI capacity. I should have bought the Pro ) :
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DAalseth 3009 comments · 6 Years
About 2 hours ago
Was going to hold off on my Mac, AI doesn’t interest me. but 15.0.0 and 15.0.1 had some significant networking issues with Remote Desktops, etc., so I kinda had to.
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mpantone 2214 comments · 18 Years
About 46 minutes ago
DAalseth said:
Was going to hold off on my Mac, AI doesn’t interest me. but 15.0.0 and 15.0.1 had some significant networking issues with Remote Desktops, etc., so I kinda had to.
My Mac mini M2 Pro is on Sonoma 14.7.1. I'll upgrade to Sequoia in June 2025, a week before WWDC. That guarantees that the operating system will be stable.
Likewise my iPhone 12 mini is on iOS 17.7.1. Again, I will upgrade that to iOS 18.x in June. Stability is far more important to me than fresh, steaming hot Cupertino dogchow.
Apple's software QA started sliding 10 years ago and I started delaying upgrades later and later each year. It has nothing to do with any aversion to Apple Intelligence.
Of course, both devices were upgraded to their current OSes this past June.
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