New Delhi: Apple have had some rather tough times getting the iOS 26 update to their users. The brand had hoped that following AI delays with iOS 18, it would be able to have a fresh start with iOS 26, but that has been far from the case. Users have reported problems with the update before, including battery drain, performance issues, Liquid Glass legibility issues, and more.
With all of this, one would hope that the adoption rate for iOS 26 will be less than that of other iOS versions. However, that isn’t the case according to data from Apple.
According to the newest Apple data, about 74 per cent of all iPhones released in the last four years are now running on iOS 26. About 20 per cent of users are on iOS 18, with 6 per cent just on older versions. As for adoption across all iPhones, 66 per cent are currently running iOS 26, while 24 per cent are on iOS 18 and 10 per cent on earlier versions.
Last year, iOS 18 adoption was at 76 per cent for iPhones released in the previous four years and about 68 per cent across all iPhones. Likewise, iOS 17 had numbers in 76 per cent adoption among iPhones, released in the previous four years and overall adoption at 66 per cent.
iOS adoption have lessened than previous versions
Of course, there is a drop in iOS 26 adoption as compared to the older versions. Still, that is nowhere near seeing a big drop as some had once predicted.
iPhone users who already upgraded to iOS 26 will have an exciting month coming for them, with the first drop of Siri’s AI features likely come with the iOS 26.4 upgrade. Still, the revamped Siri project has run into a few testing issues, according to a report from Bloomberg, and some of the features might also get delayed to iOS 26.5 or even iOS 27.
The brand, which has headquarters in Cupertino have also released updated adoption figures for iPadOS 26, which show that the software is at present being installed on 66 per cent of iPads bought over the last four years and 57 per cent of all active iPads. In comparison, iPadOS 18 had risen to 63 per cent of devices launched in the last four years and 53 per cent of the total iPad base.