Apple throws shade at Google with new iOS 10 stat
It wouldn't be an Apple event without a little shade, right?
Apple CEO Tim Cook opened Thursday's keynote at the company's Mac event in Cupertino with a not-so-subtle burn aimed at Google. The subject was mobile operating system adoption, a noted sore spot for Google.
Cook announced that iOS 10, which was released last month, has now reached an adoption rate of 60%. That's an impressive stat in itself -- and we've previously noted that iOS 10 has been particularly successful in this regard -- but Cook took it a step further with this graphic comparing it to Android.
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The image showed Google comparatively dismal adoption rate of Android 7.0, which has been out longer than iOS 10 but is installed on less than 1% of Android devices.
This is far from surprising, new versions of Android have always taken much longer to reach the masses than Cupertino's counterpart, primarily because Google doesn't control the vast majority of Android's hardware. But it was still a good burn.
Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and is based in San Francisco. She covers social media platforms, Silicon Valley, and the many ways technology is changing our lives. Her work has also appeared in Wired, Macworld, Popular Mechanics, and The Wirecutter. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding and watching too many cat videos on Instagram. Follow her on Twitter @karissabe.
