Apple's latest data shows that iOS 8 penetration rate is close to 60%

Data from Apple's developer support page shows that seven and a half weeks after its official release, the market penetration of iOS 8, Apple's latest mobile operating system, has reached 56%. In the past two weeks, the number of iOS 8 installations has increased by about 4 percentage points (which means it increased by 8 percentage points last month). At the iPad new product launch on October 16, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the installation rate of iOS 8 has reached 48% (as of October 13).

Data from September 21 showed that iOS 8 has been installed on 46% of devices, indicating that after a few weeks of stagnation, the adoption rate of iOS 8 has seen steady growth.

With the arrival of iOS 8.1 on October 20 (with new features such as Apple Pay), its penetration rate has exploded again. iOS 8.1's new features include SMS Forwarding, Instant Hotspot, iCloud Photo Library (Photo Library beta access), and the return of Camera Roll.

In the early days of iOS 8, many users were afraid to upgrade due to concerns about various bugs. One of the most significant impacts was the mass removal of apps that integrated HealthKit from the App Store.

Apple later fixed this problem in iOS 8.0.1, but it brought new problems such as no phone signal and more than a thousand iPhone 6/6 Plus users being unable to use Touch ID.

iOS 8.0.2 was released again urgently and fixed the new bugs mentioned above. Fortunately, Apple finally stabilized the system on iOS 8.1.