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The release of iOS 8.1 brought support for the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, and the release of iOS 8.4 brought support for the iPod Touch (6th generation). iOS 8.3 was the first version of iOS to have public beta testing available, where users could test the beta for upcoming releases of iOS and send feedback to Apple about bugs and issues. The ...
watchOS is the operating system of the Apple Watch, developed by Apple Inc. It is based on iOS, the operating system used by the iPhone, and has many similar features. [5] It was released on April 24, 2015, along with the Apple Watch, the only device that runs watchOS. watchOS exposes an API called WatchKit for developer use.
Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, [3] other BSD operating systems, [6] Mach, and other free software ...
iOS jailbreaking is the use of a privilege escalation exploit to remove software restrictions imposed by Apple on devices running iOS and iOS-based [ a ] operating systems. It is typically done through a series of kernel patches. A jailbroken device typically permits root access within the operating system and provides the right to install ...
iOS 16 is the sixteenth major release of Apple 's iOS mobile operating system for the iPhone. It is the successor of iOS 15, and was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, 2022, alongside iPadOS 16, [ 3 ] and released on September 13, 2022. It was succeeded by iOS 17 on September 18, 2023.
Wear OS (also known simply as Wear[8] and formerly Android Wear[9]) is a version of Google 's Android operating system designed for smartwatches and other wearables. [10][11][12] By pairing with mobile phones running Android version 6.0 "Marshmallow" or newer, or iOS version 10.0 or newer with limited support from Google's pairing application ...
Drops support for all 32-bit (A6) chips, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPad (4th generation). iOS 11 is the eleventh major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple, being the successor to iOS 10. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5, 2017, and was released on September 19, 2017.
The first developer beta of macOS Sonoma was released on Monday, June 5, 2023. [29] The Sonoma developer beta was the first to be available to anyone with a free Apple Developer account, without needing a developer subscription. [30] [31] The full release was released on September 26, 2023.