Nearly Half of Apple's Mobile Devices Using iOS 8

Apple reported that nearly half of users are running the latest version of the mobile operating system less than a week after its introduction on Sept. 17. The company said 46 percent are using iOS 8 as of Monday, with slightly more (49 percent) using the previous generation of software. The operating system boasts several new features including enhanced health and fitness tracking, the ability to share app store purchases with other family members and enhanced predictive typing.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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