Up until this week, the most used version of Android was Marshmallow, which shipped in October of 2015. That has now changed.
As you can see in this official Android pie chart, Android Nougat (which shipped in August 2016) has just squeaked by, with an adoption rate of 28.5% (as opposed to Marshmallow’s 28.1%).
Here’s the current (as of January 18th) iOS adoption picture:
iOS 11, which shipped this past September, is used on 65% of devices. Fragmentation is still a big issue for Android. If nothing else, those old versions of Android carry the malware susceptibilities that, presumably, have been patched in the most recent version of Android, called Oreo.
The capper? Oreo was released one month before iOS 11 and has an adoption rate of about 1%.
How closely tied is a lagging OS adoption rate to security updates? Do Android users on older (OS) versions get security updates separately?
This is where the real argument for obsolescence by design should focus. Most phone manufacturers don’t update the OS. If you want the new OS, buy a new phone.
No. Prolonging the life of iPhones by managing power delivery from aging lithium ion batteries is the real story. Don’t be silly.
28% still on 10 is a bit unusual.
“We’re very popular with owners of cheap, unprotected phones! Lowered expectations FTW!!”
Still a lot of iPhone 6 owners out there. I’m one of them.
I’ve been assured by Android developers this doesn’t matter.
And you in turn: don’t be short-sighted. You’re talking about a recent development with a fairly narrow focus affecting only a subset of devices, and I’m talking about a problem that’s been endemic in the industry since Android came out, affecting nearly every device by every manufacturer, and which shows very little sign of changing.
Because? Each of those newer releases represent new features that presumably are unavailable to devices not up to date.
No way, the updates of Apple just improve and make better your Apple devices . That the reason people do it every year.
No problem. You can upgrade to iOS 11. So can iPhone 5S owners.
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I know I can, but I’ve heard enough stories about how poorly Sixes run 11. I can wait.
I was told it didn’t matter because the app developer could ship enough of the new features within the app that it didn’t matter.
For the record, I don’t really believe it either.
Honestly, it seems unlikely to me. Runs fine on the 5S, why would it suck on the 6?
I have no data other than anecdotes which have scared me off.
Well, hesitation costs you very little. 🙂
So I hear.
Wouldn’t Android enthusiasts say something like “if you can’t be bothered to buy a new phone every year, you deserve to get left behind”?
As I understand it the big issue is that their vendors/carriers just don’t do updates for more than a year or maybe two.
You’re not getting security updates for a random 2 year old Android device* unless you root it and do e.g. Cyanogenmod or something to update it yourself.
(* Maybe in a few cases you might get better from a vendor, but … I looked recently and even the flagship Samsung devices might as well be a million years old after 24 months, as far as Samsung is concerned, looks like.)