This statistic shows the results of a survey concerning the update behavior of smartphone users in the United States, as of the first half of 2016. During the survey period 32 percent of respondents stated that they set applications on their smartphone to update automatically.
Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016
Original question: "Thinking about the APPS on your smartphone, how frequently do you update them? Do you set them to update automatically, do you update them yourself as soon as you are notified that there is a new version available, do you update them yourself whenever it’s convenient, or do you never update your apps?"
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Pew Research Center. (January 26, 2017). Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016." Chart. January 26, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/
Pew Research Center. (2017). Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of Application Updates among Smartphone Owners in The United States, as of 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/
Pew Research Center, Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Frequency of application updates among smartphone owners in the United States, as of 2016 [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 26, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/747569/united-states-survey-smartphone-users-app-update-frequency/
