What Gen Z Grew Up With
The technology timeline against Generation Z’s own ages — what the oldest and youngest of the cohort were doing when each thing arrived.
The oldest of Generation Z were ten when the iPhone shipped in 2007 and the youngest were not yet born, which means no one in the cohort experienced the smartphone arriving as an adult — the single clearest line between Gen Z and Millennials.
What Gen Z Grew Up With
Frequently asked
What separates Gen Z from Millennials?
Millennials remember getting online. Gen Z does not remember a world without it. That is the difference the birth years are trying to capture.
Did Gen Z grow up with AI?
No. The oldest were already 25 when consumer AI arrived in 2022. Generation Alpha and Generation Beta are the AI-native cohorts, not Gen Z.
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