We are just two days away from knowing all the news about the new Apple operating systems. For many the WWDC It is the event of the year, especially for all those developers who throw themselves into all the activities during the week. There are many rumors surrounding iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and watchOS 9, among others, including the possible arrival of a new MacBook Air with new colors and a possible M2 chip. But before we focus on the new operating systems, Apple has updated the installation data for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15: 82% of compatible iPhones have iOS 15 installed on their device.
Nearly 9 out of 10 modern iPhones have iOS 15 installed
Apple annually releases a major update to each operating system. In fact, it takes advantage of its annual developer conference, the WWDC, to release all the big details about the updates. The rest of the year successive updates are released incorporating functions that have been reserved and are not available in the first versions. As you well know, Apple presented iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 at WWDC21 last year and since then there have been several updates until we reach iOS 15.5.
Through the Apple developer portal we can know what is the percentage of users who have the latest major updates in their operating systems. The news is that the big apple has updated operating system adoption data a few days before the start of WWDC22. These are the data that the new update throws:
- El 89% of modern iPhones (4 years so far) have iOS 15 installed, 10% iOS 14, and 1% a previous operating system.
- El 82% of iPhones they have iOS 15 installed, 14% iOS 14 and 4% a previous operating system.
- El 79% of modern iPads (4 years so far) have iPadOS 15 installed, 18% iPadOS 14, and 3% a previous operating system.
- El 72% of iPads have iPadOS 15 installed, 18% iPadOS 14, and 10% a previous operating system.
These data are extracted through the statistics that Apple obtains through access to the App Store. We can compare them with the official adoption data released in January 2022. In that update it was found that 72% of modern iPhones had iOS 15. In six months it was has increased the adoption rate by 17%, which means that 8 out of 10 iPhones (regardless of release) have iOS 15.