iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release [Updated]
www.macrumors.com
Update: As noted by Nick Heer on his Pixel Envy blog, analytics data is unreliable because Safari on iOS 26 is reporting a different operating system version in the user agent string that analytics services rely on for data. For example, devices on several versions of iOS 26 are reporting themselves as being on iOS 18.7 when using Safari. The relatively low number of mobile devices correctly reporting themselves as being on iOS 26 are largely from users on alternative browsers such as Chrome.
  • network_switch@lemmy.ml
    1·
    4 days ago

    I just got the update this morning. Looked kind of ugly but I can manage. When I touch the screen to see the time, that digital clock font they went with looks real ugly to me. Opened up the phone app to see a missed call and hit the button to try the new unified phone layout experience and switched straight back to the classic layout

    I do not follow apple update news so this was pretty jarring

  • kaitco@lemmy.world
    26·
    15 days ago

    People are slow to adopt an OS update that makes their phones worse??

    That’s odd, right? Downright puzzling.

  • AlternateRouteEnglish
    221·
    15 days ago

    Normal people, particularly old ones don’t like visual overhauls.

    There are several things since the update that I think are just objectively worst like how tabs work in safari that still bother me since the update.

  • Em Adespoton
    15·
    15 days ago

    Well, it doesn’t add anything people want, and iOS 18 is still getting security fixes.

  • MadMadBunny
    11·
    15 days ago

    Had I known better, I would never have upgraded. It’s getting less buggy I admit, but still….

  • catalyst@lemmy.world
    4·
    15 days ago

    My phone may already be doomed to iOS 26, but I’ll hold onto macOS 15 as long as I possibly can.