Apple App Store reports iOS 7 adoption moves up to 85%, iOS 6 drops to 12%

More and more Apple users are adopting iOS 7, according to the report Apple shown on its support page for developers. Apple iOS 7 (including iOS 7.1) have reached the 85 percent mark, while iOS 6 has dropped to 12 percent. The numbers are based on the usage of the App Store.

Apple first published the iOS numbers based on App Store usage back on December 1, 2013. At that time, 74 percent of users were using iOS 7, 22 percent were using iOS 6, and 4 percent were using earlier versions.

Source: The Next Web

iOS 7.1 adoption at 18 % after 72 hours

Adoption of the newly released iOS 7.1 is at 18 % after 72 hours. This is according to Chitika which measures web traffic in North America.

According to AppleInsider, "for the purposes of the study, Chitika Insights studied tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian online ad impressions originating from iOS devices from Mar. 9 through Mar. 12." iOS 7.1 brought a slew of updates as the biggest revision to the Apple mobile OS since it launched six-months ago. The big bonus for users of older devices like the iPhone 4 is that overall performance has actually improved thanks to iOS 7.1.

Apple releases iOS 7.1 update

Apple has made iOS 7.1 update available. The biggest update to the latest version of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad operating system six months after iOS 7 launched. The update brings various bug fixes. For the iPhone 5s, the update weighs in at about 256 MB.  Hit jump for the full specs of the update.

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Apple tipped to debut iOS 7.1 update in March

Apple is supposedly releasing an iOS 7 update this March to address a few bugs and tweak the user interface. The Verge reports the new update will fix the issues related to iOS 7 devices randomly rebooting. The new iteration of the OS will also include minor design changes to the iPod and dialer as well as the addition of an option to turn off the “parallax” effect or wallpaper motion while the folder animation stays on.