Final week it grew to become recognized that Apple stopped releasing safety updates for iOS 14, thereby pushing everybody who makes use of an older model of the system to improve to the present iOS 15. This may be thought-about a violation of the promise to permit customers to remain on iOS 14, which the corporate made in the course of the time of the presentation of iOS 15. Nonetheless, Apple sees the scenario in a different way.

Apple informed ArsTechnica as we speak that the flexibility to remain on iOS 14 and obtain safety updates with out upgrading to iOS 15 has all the time been seen by the corporate as a short lived resolution. The truth that the earlier model of the OS now not receives updates isn’t a mistake. Assist for iOS 14 has truly ended.

When iOS 15 was launched, Apple knowledgeable customers that they’d get a alternative between two software program replace choices, and that it could supply safety updates for iOS 14 till individuals have been able to improve. Clearly, based on Apple, this second has already arrived.

Customers who haven’t up to date their gadgets to iOS 14.8.1, launched in October, will now not be capable of set up this model of the OS. iOS 15.2.1 is at present the one replace possibility for all iPhones working iOS-14.

Final week, Apple launched official statistics that iOS 15 isn’t as standard as its predecessor a yr in the past. The tip of assist for iOS 14 is more likely to push customers to modify to the 15 model of the OS. All gadgets that assist the earlier model of the OS are suitable with the present working system.

iOS 15 adoption charge

In accordance with official figures launched by Apple, 72% of all iPhones launched up to now 4 years; together with iPhone 13 collection, iPhone 12 collection, iPhone 11 collection and iPhone X collection; are actually working below iOS 15 and 63% of all iPhones are on the most recent Apple OS.

The issue is, the adoption charge is way decrease than earlier variations. Certainly, in December 2020, iOS 14 was accessible on 81% of suitable gadgets of the earlier 4 years. Previous to iOS 14, iOS 13 noticed a 77% adoption charge on the similar time after its launch. With solely 72% adoption, plainly many customers due to this fact most well-liked to remain on iOS 14; which continued to obtain safety updates.

Nonetheless, though the adoption charge is way decrease than in earlier years; it’s nonetheless a lot increased than newer variations of Android. Certainly, we noticed final yr that Android 11 was solely in use on 1 / 4 of gadgets; distant from the practically three-quarters of customers working iOS 15 at Apple.

Apple additionally revealed that 26% of iPhones launched up to now 4 years are working iOS 14; whereas 30% of all iPhones are nonetheless working iOS 14. As well as, 2% of iPhones launched up to now 4 years are working iOS 13 or decrease; and seven% of all iPhones haven’t been upgraded to iOS 14 or increased.

On the pill aspect, the scenario is even worse. Certainly, the most recent OS set up figures are a lot decrease on the iPad. Solely 57% of iPads launched up to now 4 years run iPadOS 15 , whereas 39% use iPadOS 14 and 4% of older variations. In complete, 49% of all iPads are at present working iPadOS 15, whereas 37 and 14% are working iPadOS 14 and iPadOS 13 or decrease, respectively.