Tim Cook: iPhone users adopting iOS 18.1 twice as fast as iOS 17.1

Apple released iOS 18.1 with the first Apple Intelligence features on Monday. In a new interview with CNBC today, Apple CEO Tim Cook touted that Apple is seeing strong adoption numbers of iOS 18.1 so far.

Cook’s comments come following Apple’s Q4 2024 earnings report, where it set a new September quarter revenue record.

iOS 18.1 includes the first suite of Apple Intelligence features, such as Writing Tools, notification summaries, and Clean Up in the Photos app. According to Cook, Apple is getting “great feedback” on these new features:

“We’re getting great feedback from customers and developers already and a really early stat, which is only three days worth of data: Users are adopting iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted 17.1 in the year ago quarter.”

In comparison, iOS 17.1 included changes to AirDrop, StandBy, and the Music app along with a handful of bug fixes.

This marks the first look at iOS 18 adoption from Apple so far. The company typically adds details on software update adoption to its developer website several months after the update is released.

Apple has also already started testing iOS 18.2 with developers. This update brings even more Apple Intelligence features, including Image Playground, Genmoji, ChatGPT integration, and more. iOS 18.2 is expected to be released in December.

Have you updated to iOS 18.1 yet? If so, what do you think of the first Apple Intelligence features? Let us know down in the comments.

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