Apple’s 64-bit Only iOS 11 Could Make 187,000 Apps Obsolete

App analytics firm Sensor Tower conducted a survey on the assumption that Apple’s next major iOS update could remove 32-bit support. This would mean that nearly 200,000 apps from the App Store would be rendered obsolete.

Specifically, Sensor Tower revealed that about 8% of all applications in the App Store would be affected by a possible removal of 32-bit support in iOS 11. This move could be possible, considering that a message recently appeared in the first beta version of iOS 10.3, warning that 32-bit apps “will not work with future versions of iOS”. Previously, Apple warned that 32-bit apps could slow down a device.

However, the number of apps affected by this move could be higher, considering that the study is based on apps that were submitted before September 2013 when iPhone 5s was launched and h… (read more)

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