In less than 30 days after hitting the benchmark of as much as 50 percent of the entire iOS family, iOS 12 has now reached at least 60 percent of all iOS devices. The latest iOS platform was released in September as the successor to iOS 11 and received its first point release in the form of iOS 12.1 just earlier this week. Apple has included a bunch of system-level optimisations such as 70 percent faster camera launch and up to 50 percent faster keyboard appearance to attract existing users. Also, there are features such as Animoji and Siri Shortcuts to persuade users of new iPhone models.
As per the updated data[1] on the App Store Distribution page that was measured by the App Store[2] on October 29, at least 60 percent of all active iOS devices and 63 percent of the devices introduced in the last four years are now running iOS 12[3]. The list of iOS devices launched in the last four years includes users on the iPhone 6 and later models. Also, the growth of iOS 12 comes at an expense of iOS 11[4] that has now been declined to 29 percent of all active iOS devices and 30 percent of the devices launched in the last four years. Apple[5] last month reported that while the installation of iOS 12 reached 50 percent of all active iOS devices[6] and 53 percent of the devices introduced in the last four years, iOS 11 distribution declined to 39 percent of all active iOS devices and 40 percent of the devices introduced in the last four years.
In addition to the latest iOS and its last year's version,...