Older adults have develop into way more concerned with know-how, and are solely persevering with to take action.
That’s based on a brand new know-how traits report from AARP. Within the survey, researchers queried greater than 3,000 respondents.
In accordance with the findings, texting is the first type of communication for adults aged 50 and up, and the common variety of units they’ve has practically doubled in lower than a decade, rising from 4 in 2016 to seven in 2025.
Nearly the entire surveyed older adults, 99%, personal at the least one know-how system. Nearly all, 90%, stated they’ve a smartphone, whereas greater than three-quarters stated they’ve a sensible TV and one other 70% reporting they’ve a laptop computer.
Extra older adults are also utilizing AI platforms, based on the report. AI utilization has elevated from 18% of older adults in 2024 to 30% in 2025. Of those that use AI, 58% work together with particular AI platforms or apps. Older adults use the know-how for well being monitoring functions, reminiscent of answering well being questions or offering well being or dietary steering, based on the report.
Most AI use comes within the type of a voice private assistant, reminiscent of Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri, with 51% noting they’re utilizing or fascinated with utilizing it.
They’re additionally spending extra on know-how, with 71% indicating they made a tech buy throughout the previous yr in comparison with 67% in 2024. The estimated complete spent by older adults is round $94.5 billion in 2025, with a median of $756 every.
Most older adults see know-how as helpful for enriching their lives, serving to them age of their house and making each day by day duties and getting older simpler, with a 66% internet settlement throughout the 4 classes. Notably, the adoption and curiosity in utilizing know-how for “mind well being,” or the power to suppose, purpose and keep in mind, sees a spike in these aged 60-69, with 52% both utilizing or fascinated with utilizing know-how for that goal.
The report states there is a chance for know-how industries to “join innovation to influence.”
“Doing so means designing know-how that feels intuitive, reliable, and personally significant; educating customers on the real-world advantages; and demonstrating how digital instruments can improve, reasonably than change, the human connections and independence that matter most as individuals age,” the report’s authors wrote.
