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By Malcolm Owen
Thursday, October 11, 2018, 12:56 pm PT (3:56 pm ET)
Apple has confirmed iOS with 53 percent of compatible iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch models running the latest iteration of the mobile operating system.
Revealed via Apple's Developer website using data from the App Store on October 12, iOS 12 is now the dominant operating system on Apple's mobile devices introduced September 2014. The use of iOS 11 has dropped to 40 percent, while earlier iOS releases make up the remaining 7 percent.
In a second chart, which relates to all iOS-compatible devices that have been accessed by the App Store and not just those four years ago, iOS 12 is running on approximately 50 percent of devices, with iOS 11 on 39 percent, and older releases at 11 percent combined.
The data is the first from Apple's iOS version, which occurred on September 17. Apple has 85 percent of devices running iOS 11, with iOS 10 on 10 percent, and earlier versions garnering a 5 percent share.
It also seems that iOS 12 stands a good chance of outpacing its predecessor, when compared to Apple's figures released in December 2017. In November's official update, iOS 11 was on 52 percent of active devices, with the share growing to 59 percent in December.
The new figures also appear to be correlated with third-party analysis of device usage. Unofficial data released on October 4 by Mixpanel tracking suggests 46.95 percent of devices run iOS 12, while 46.15 percent ran iOS 11.
It is possible that the faster adoption of iOS 12 is down to Apple's decision to make the release focus on improving performance for older hardware. Whereas previous iterations typically introduced slowdowns in older devices when performing the same functions, the latest release is in some cases making the same functions run faster than they did under the previous operating system.
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