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Xcode 13.3 macOS Monterey 12 and later 14 Mar 2022 watchOS 8.5 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 14 Mar 2022
macOS Big Sur 14 Feb 2022 watchOS 8.4 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 26 Jan 2022 watchOS 8.3 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 13 Dec 2021 Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS + Cellular) 18 Nov 2021 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 (Advisory includes security content of macOS Monterey 12.0 and macOS Monterey 12.0.1) Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (Early 2015 and later), MacBook Pro (Early 2015 and later), Mac mini (Late 2014 and later), iMac (Late 2015 and later), MacBook (Early 2016 and later), iMac Pro (2017 and later) 25 Oct 2021 macOS Monterey 12.0 Preinstalled only on certain Mac models; please update to macOS Monterey 12.0.1 Preinstalled
watchOS 8.1 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 25 Oct 2021 iOS 12.5.5 iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) 23 Sep 2021 Xcode 13 macOS Big Sur 11.3 and later 20 Sep 2021 watchOS 8 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 20 Sep 2021
iTunes U 3.8.3 iOS 12.4 and later or iPadOS 12.4 and later 15 Sep 2021 watchOS 7.6.2 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 13 Sep 2021
macOS Big Sur 11 Aug 2021 watchOS 7.6.1 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 29 Jul 2021 iOS 14.7 iPhone 6s and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) 19 Jul 2021
watchOS 7.6 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 19 Jul 2021 iMovie 10.2.4 macOS Catalina 10.15.6 and later 17 Jun 2021 Boot Camp 6.1.14 Mac Pro (Late 2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), MacBook Air (Mid 2013 and later), Mac mini (Mid 2014 and later), iMac (Mid 2014 and later), MacBook (Early 2015 and later), iMac Pro (Late 2017) 17 May 2021
Xcode 12.5 macOS Big Sur 11 and later 26 Apr 2021 watchOS 7.4 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 26 Apr 2021 GarageBand 10.4.3 macOS Big Sur 06 Apr 2021 iOS 12.5.2 iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) 26 Mar 2021
watchOS 7.3.3 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 26 Mar 2021 watchOS 7.3.2 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 08 Mar 2021 iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) 08 Mar 2021 macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 25 Feb 2021
Xcode 12.4 macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and later 26 Jan 2021 iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) 26 Jan 2021 watchOS 7.3 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 26 Jan 2021 iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) 14 Dec 2020
watchOS 7.2 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 14 Dec 2020 iOS 12.5 iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch (6th generation) 14 Dec 2020 macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Mac mini (M1, 2020), MacBook Air (M1, 2020), MacBook Air (13-inch, 2020) 17 Nov 2020
Security Update 2020-006 High Sierra, Security Update 2020-006 Mojave macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6 12 Nov 2020
macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 (Advisory includes security content of macOS Big Sur 11.0 and macOS Big Sur 11.0.1) Mac Pro (2013 and later), MacBook Air (2013 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2013 and later), Mac mini (2014 and later), iMac (2014 and later), MacBook (2015 and later), iMac Pro (all models) 12 Nov 2020 macOS Big Sur 11.0 Preinstalled only on certain Mac models; please update to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Preinstalled watchOS 7.1 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 05 Nov 2020 watchOS 5.3.9 Apple Watch Series 1 and later 05 Nov 2020
iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) 05 Nov 2020 iOS 12.4.9 iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and 3, iPod touch (6th generation) 05 Nov 2020 watchOS 7.0 Apple Watch Series 3 and later 16 Sep 2020 iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0 iPhone 6s and later, iPod touch 7th generation, iPad Air 2 and later, and iPad mini 4 and later 16 Sep 2020
Xcode 12.0 macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and later 16 Sep 2020 macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and 3, iPod touch (6th generation) 15 Jul 2020 iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation 15 Jul 2020
watchOS 6.2.8 Apple Watch Series 1 and later 15 Jul 2020 macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 01 Jun 2020 watchOS 6.2.6 Apple Watch Series 1 and later 01 Jun 2020 iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation 01 Jun 2020
Windows Migration Assistant 2.2.0.0 (v. 1A11) macOS Catalina 26 May 2020 iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation 20 May 2020
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iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation 24 Mar 2020 watchOS 6.2 Apple Watch Series 1 and later 24 Mar 2020 Xcode 11.4 macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and later 24 Mar 2020 iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation 28 Jan 2020
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Wikipedia
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its iPad line of tablet computers. It is a rebranded variant of iOS, the operating system used by Apple’s iPhones, renamed to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, particularly the iPad’s multitasking capabilities.
It was introduced as iPadOS 13 in 2019, reflecting its status as the successor to iOS 12 for the iPad, at the company’s 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference. The operating system initially had rough feature parity running on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, with variations in user interface depending on screen size, and minor differences in the selection of apps included.
Standard iPad apps were increasingly designed to support the optional use of a physical keyboard. To emphasize the different feature set available on the iPad, and to signal their intention to develop the platforms in divergent directions, at WWDC 2019, Apple announced that the variant of iOS that runs on the iPad would be rebranded as “iPadOS.” The new naming strategy began with iPadOS 13.1, in 2019.
On June 22, 2020, at WWDC 2020, Apple announced iPadOS 14, with compact designs for search, Siri, and calls, improved app designs, handwriting recognition, better AR features, enhanced privacy protections, and app widgets. On June 7, 2021, at WWDC 2021, iPadOS 15 was announced with widgets on the Home Screen and App Library, the same features that came to the iPhone with iOS 14 in 2020.
The update also brought stricter privacy measurements with Safari such as IP Address blocking so other websites cannot see it. On June 6, 2022, at WWDC 2022, iPadOS 16 was announced with a Weather app[14] and Stage Manager,[15] along with most of the features included in the iOS variant. Unlike previous versions of iOS, the icon grid displays up to five rows and six columns of apps, regardless of whether the device is in portrait or landscape orientation. The first page of the home screen can be configured to show a column of widgets from applications for easy access.
Spotlight Search is no longer part of the widgets but can still be accessed by swiping down from the center of the home screen or pressing Command + Space on a connected keyboard. Double-clicking the Home Button or swiping up from the bottom of the screen and pausing will display all currently active spaces.
In many applications, a notable exception being YouTube, videos can be shrunk down into a picture-in-picture window so the user can continue watching it while using other apps. Sidecar allows for an iPad to function as a second monitor for macOS, named in reference to articulated motorcycles.
iPadOS 15: Everything We Know
Users can bring up Quick Note anywhere to jot down a thought and add links, providing an easy way to get back to exactly what they were looking at. Spotlight now offers web image search and richer results for actors, musicians, TV shows, and movies. FaceTime also supports Portrait mode and offers a new grid view to see more faces at the same time. Users can also generate shareable links to a scheduled FaceTime call, which can also be opened on Android and Windows devices.
There are dozens of tweaks and improvements, such as Universal Control to seamlessly use a single mouse and keyboard across the iPad and the Mac and drag and drop files, features in the Maps app including a globe view and a new 3D experience in cities, all new features for Memories in the Photos app, a system-wide Shared with You feature for highlighting content that has been shared in Messages conversations, a new For All of You row in the TV app to recommend entertainment for the whole household, and more.
Everything You Need to Know
Notifications will now display contact photos for people and larger icons for apps to make them easier to identify. Spotlight also supports web image searches and significantly richer results for actors, musicians, TV shows, and movies.
For businesses that support App Clips, there is an action button on the Maps result in Spotlight. Groups of photos sent in Messages now appear as a glanceable collage or a swipeable stack, depending on how many have been sent.
Apple has redesigned the Weather app’s animated backgrounds to more accurately reflect the sun’s current position and precipitation conditions. The Health app also adds Walking Steadiness as a new metric to help manage fall risk.
COVID-19 immunizations and test results can be stored in the Health app using a QR code from a healthcare provider. Blood glucose highlights now show levels during sleep and exercise, and feature interactive charts.
For shared notes, it is now possible to mention other users to notify one another of updates, and an all-new Activity view shows the recent edit history. iOS 15 also brings quick-access options to easily delete completed reminders, improved natural language support, and expanded suggested attributes such as tags, flags, priority, and more.
In iOS 15, Siri requests are processed on-device using the Neural Engine, increasing security and significantly boosting responsiveness, while also no longer needing an internet connection. Siri is also able to learn about the contacts you interact with most, new words you type, and topics you read about to provide better responses.
You can also make requests to control a HomeKit device at a specific time or under certain circumstances, like when you leave home. Siri offers neural text-to-speech voice in more languages in iOS 15, including Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish. Apple has previewed new child safety features that will be coming to its platforms with software updates at an unspecified later date. The company said the features will be available in the U.S. only at launch and will be expanded to other regions over time, including the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Communication Safety feature will be coming in updates to iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey for accounts set up as families in iCloud. iMessage conversations will remain protected with end-to-end encryption, meaning that private communications will be unreadable to Apple. Scanning Photos for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Using a new feature, Apple will be able to detect known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images stored in iCloud Photos, enabling Apple to report these instances to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a non-profit organization that works in collaboration with U.S. law enforcement agencies. It will transform this database into an unreadable set of hashes that is securely stored on users’ devices. Apple has not shared what its exact threshold is, but it has an “extremely high level of accuracy” to ensure that accounts are not incorrectly flagged.
The underlying technology behind Apple’s system is quite complex and it has published a technical summary with more details. Expanded CSAM Guidance in Siri and Search Apple will expand guidance in Siri and Spotlight Search across devices by providing additional resources to help children and parents stay safe online and get help with unsafe situations. Contacts widget – Shows family and friends reachable via Phone, Messages, FaceTime, Mail, or Find My.
With Family Sharing, there are additional actions, like approving purchases or Screen Time requests. – Shows family and friends reachable via Phone, Messages, FaceTime, Mail, or Find My. With Family Sharing, there are additional actions, like approving purchases or Screen Time requests.
Mail widget – Offers a glance at your latest emails and gives quick access to one of your mailboxes.
– There is a new default layout when you first upgrade to iOS 15 with the widgets from the apps you use most arranged in Smart Stacks. – Suggested widgets for apps you already use can automatically appear in your Smart Stack at the right time based on your past activity.
– The TV app now features a new row titled “For All of You” to suggest a collection of shows and movies based on the interests of selected people or an entire household. – The TV app now highlights all of the shows and movies that friends and family have shared in Messages.
– The TV app works with Messages and FaceTime to watch content with friends and family in sync using SharePlay.
Music Spatial audio with dynamic head tracking – Listeners can now use AirPods Pro and AirPods Max to listen to music with Dolby Atmos and Apple’s dynamic head tracking for a more immersive experience. Information such as publication dates and bylines are more prominent, and you can now save and share stories directly from the feed. Information such as publication dates and bylines are more prominent, and you can now save and share stories directly from the feed.
Users will also be able to search for images in Spotlight or the Photos app based on recognized text. Users will also be able to search for images in Spotlight or the Photos app based on recognized text. There is also an enhanced summary view that shows more detailed information, such as payment items, discounts, and subtotals.
– In iOS 15, it is possible to switch on downtime on demand, where only phone calls and apps you choose to allow will be available. The API provides developers with features like core restrictions and device activity monitoring. – iOS 15 features nine new Memoji stickers to let you send a shaka, a hand wave, a lightbulb moment, and more.
5G Enhanced connectivity using 5G – More app and system experiences are improved by using faster 5G, including support to back up to iCloud and restore from an iCloud backup, stream audio and video on Apple and third-party apps, download higher-quality Apple TV+ content, sync photos to iCloud Photos, update Apple News+ articles for offline reading, and download machine learning models. – More app and system experiences are improved by using faster 5G, including support to back up to iCloud and restore from an iCloud backup, stream audio and video on Apple and third-party apps, download higher-quality Apple TV+ content, sync photos to iCloud Photos, update Apple News+ articles for offline reading, and download machine learning models. – Mail Privacy Protection prevents senders seeing your IP address or if you have opened their email.
– A new section in Settings allows users to see how often apps have accessed their location, photos, camera, microphone, and contacts during the last seven days.
– Developers can let you share your current location temporarily with a customizable button in their apps. Requests are sent though two separate internet relays and it is designed so nobody can use your IP address, location, and browsing activity to create a detailed profile on you.
– iCloud Private Relay allows users to browse with Safari while encrypting all traffic from their device. Requests are sent though two separate internet relays and it is designed so nobody can use your IP address, location, and browsing activity to create a detailed profile on you.
– Users can now back up an unlimited amount of data to iCloud to move to a new device for up to three weeks for free.
– Users can now explore people, objects, text, and tables within images in more detail with VoiceOver.
Image descriptions persist even when shared and can be read in a range of supported apps on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Image descriptions persist even when shared and can be read in a range of supported apps on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
– Background sounds play balanced, bright, or dark noise, ocean, rain, and stream sounds continuously in the background to mask unwanted environmental or external noise and help you focus or stay calm. – Import paper or PDF audiograms in Settings and customize Headphone Accommodations to amplify soft sounds and adjust frequencies based on your hearing test results.
– New languages that support QuickPath include Dutch, Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
– New keyboard layouts for Ainu, Amharic, Fula (Adlam), Igbo, Navajo, Rohingya, Syriac, and Tigrinya.
Enhanced 10-key layout for Chinese Pinyin – Enhanced 10-key layout includes improvements that let users quickly switch to QWERTY, access symbols more easily, and type words that share the same keys with greater accuracy by allowing you to select the exact Pinyin for more than just the first syllable in the phrase. – Enhanced 10-key layout includes improvements that let users quickly switch to QWERTY, access symbols more easily, and type words that share the same keys with greater accuracy by allowing you to select the exact Pinyin for more than just the first syllable in the phrase.
– Smart Replies now support 10 new Indic languages, including Urdu, Bangla, Tamil, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Odiya. On-device dictation – On-device dictation is now available in more regions and languages, including Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yue Chinese.
– Generate verification codes needed for additional sign-in security under Passwords in Settings as an alternative for apps like Google Authenticator. – Search results show as soon as you start typing and will correct spelling mistakes in the Books app.
RealityKit 2 – Developers can apply custom shaders, add post rendering effects, and build more immersive AR experiences with RealityKit 2, which is Apple’s 3D rendering, physics, and spatial audio engine built for AR. Inclusive language (Spanish only) – Users can now choose their term of address throughout the system: feminine, masculine, or neutral.
What’s the Latest Version of iOS for iPhone and iPadOS for iPad?
You can find the installed software version and upgrade to the latest iOS right from your Settings app if Apple still supports your device. Apple releases new major versions of iOS and iPadOS roughly once every twelve months. You can check which version of iOS or iPadOS you have on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch via the Settings app. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch may occasionally show a notification telling you a new version of iOS or iPadOS is available, too.
If your device tells you your software is up to date, but you aren’t running iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 yet, you’re probably using an older iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch that Apple is no longer supporting with operating system updates. If you have an older iPhone, iPad, or iPod that isn’t on this list, you won’t be offered iOS 15 on the Software Update screen.
iPadOS 15 new features, and what will change on your iPad
A sister update to iOS 15, the new iPadOS has lots of the features of that iPhone operating system, but with a few extras that make the most of the tablet form factor. Since then, we’ve seen a variety of smaller updates, with iPadOS 15.6 – a July 2022 release – being the most recent. If you’re not yet up to date then head to Settings > General > Software Update to grab the latest available version of iPadOS. Widgets were added in iOS 14, but they were locked to the home screen in a panel on the left… for some reason.
On iPhones you have to swipe to the end of your home screens to get to the app library, but on iPads you can also bring the thing up easily from any page via the dock. It’s not clear how this is different from the current split-screening feature, as the ‘shelf’ or list of apps to swap between when you’re multitasking already exists in prior iPadOS builds. The iOS Notes app has turned into Google Docs, by the sounds of it. One other new improvement is the ability to easily bring up a Quick Note by swiping up on the screen with the Apple Pencil, giving you a way to easily sketch a note or write down an idea.
This app is now coming to iPadOS, so you can convert text and spoken words between languages. FaceTime has a variety of improvements, and the biggest of them is a feature called SharePlay that allows you to listen to songs together over Apple Music or watch TV shows in sync, with shared playback controls.
It’s sort of like Netflix Party, a feature many used during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, but specifically for Apple devices and through the company’s services like streaming platforms. Pus you can move seamlessly between an iPad and a Mac with a single mouse and keyboard, Memories in Photos has a new look and personalized song suggestions, Maps includes new and enhanced details, and there are new privacy and accessibility tools.
This allows you to stream films and TV shows or listen to music while on FaceTime calls, and to have the content in sync for everyone. There’s also a Legacy Contacts feature, which lets you assign someone to get access to your Apple ID, iCloud account and iPad data after you pass away. With iPadOS 15.4, users finally got access to Universal Control, which allows you to connect your iPad to a Mac and use the iPad’s screen like an extension of the Mac’s display, with one keyboard and mouse controlling both devices. There’s not much in iPadOS 15.5, but one change is a new Apple Podcasts setting to limit episodes stored on your iPad and automatically delete older ones. iPadOS 15.6 is another small update, but along with bug fixes it also includes the ability to fast-forward, rewind, pause, and restart live sports games that are currently in progress from the TV app.
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