iPhone Users Updating to iOS 18.1 Twice as Fast as iOS 17.1 Following Apple Intelligence Launch

The new Apple Intelligence features that Apple released in iOS 18.1 are spurring people to update to the new software, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today in an interview with CNBC.

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Customers are downloading and installing iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted iOS 17.1 during the same timeframe last year, according to Cook.

Apple has not yet provided installation numbers for the iOS 18 update, so this is the first insight we've had into how ‌iOS 18‌ adoption compares to iOS 17.

iOS 18.1 was released on Monday, and it brings ‌Apple Intelligence‌ capabilities to the iPhone 15 Pro, ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro Max, and the iPhone 16 models. It includes Writing Tools for proofreading text, a new Siri look and Type to ‌Siri‌ functionality, summaries and smart replies, a "Clean Up" tool for Photos, and more.

iOS 18.2, which is set to be released in December, is likely to encourage even more people to update, because it has the first ‌Apple Intelligence‌ image generation features like Image Playground and Genmoji.

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Top Rated Comments

F23 Avatar
17 weeks ago
the Mac Mini was a more exciting announcement than any Apple Intelligence feature
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat Avatar
17 weeks ago

the Mac Mini was a more exciting announcement than any Apple Intelligence feature
My lunch was more exciting.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
abcmax Avatar
17 weeks ago
Still on iOS 17.7.1. I’m not convinced to update after so many bugs discovered in iOS 18.0 and 18.0.1.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
17 weeks ago

Customers are downloading and installing iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted iOS 17.1 during the same timeframe last year, according to Cook.
Everyone upgrading because iOS 18 supports RCS text messaging. Now their Android-using friends and family members won't feel like third-class citizens
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mrkevinfinnerty Avatar
17 weeks ago
Is it because of Apple Intelligence or because the previous version had more bugs than the Temple of Doom?

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
boss.king Avatar
17 weeks ago
I updated immediately because the previous version was buggy and I was hoping for some improvement on that front. Apple Intelligence barely does anything, I think attributing updates to that is overly generous.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)