iOS 16 is installed on 81 of compatible iPhones
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iOS 16 is installed on 81% of compatible iPhones

New versions of the iOS mobile platform have always been faster to distribute to user devices than Android updates. It has now become known that iOS 16, which was released last autumn, is already being used on 81% of compatible devices. If you limit yourself to iPhone models that have appeared in recent years, this figure rises to 90%.

    Image source: apple.com

Image source: apple.com

The reason why iOS spreads faster on users’ devices is mainly due to the fact that Android-based smartphones are produced by a large number of manufacturers. Many providers use their own user interface in addition to Android, which must be further adapted for new versions of the operating system. For these and many other reasons, Android spreads much more slowly.

As for iOS, 13% of active devices are currently running iOS 15. If we take smartphones that have been released in the last four years, that drops to 8%. Older versions of the software platform are installed on a small number of active iPhones.

In the tablet segment, iPadOS 16 is installed on 71% of compatible devices. The older iPadOS 15 is used on 20% of the devices. For iPads released within the last four years, iPadOS 16 has a 76% share and iPadOS 15 has an 18% share. For comparison, in April this year, Google released data showing that only 12% of devices had Android 13 installed.

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Robbie Elmers

Robbie Elmers is a staff writer for Tech News Space, covering software, applications and services.

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