On Monday evening, Apple will officially make iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8 available for download to all iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users worldwide. Below we have listed all the devices that support the new versions.
Apple will soon officially release the next software generation for iPhone, iPad and Co. We can expect many interesting featuresthat some of us have wanted for a long time. But which devices are now supported? According to Apple, all devices that run iOS 14 will also support iOS 15 or iPadOS 15. Accordingly, the iPhone 6S series will not be eliminated. Below is Apple's list of compatible iPhone devices:
- All iPhone 13 models
- All iPhone 12 models
- All iPhone 11 models
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6S
- iPhone 6S Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPod touch (7th generation)
iOS 15 & iPadOS 15: Apple also takes older devices into account
As for iPadOS 15, it is compatible with a variety of older devices:
- All iPad Pros
- iPad (9th generation)
- iPad (8th generation)
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad mini 6
- iPad mini 5
- iPad mini 4
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air 2
watchOS 8: Apple improves update behavior
As far as watchOS 8 is concerned, the range of functions is a little smaller than originally expected. But it is impressive. Now we come to compatibility. The Apple Watch Series 3 has a hard time updating to new versions of watchOS 7. But there is good news for users who use the hardware first introduced in 2017. watchOS 8 will run on all Apple Watch models that support watchOS 7. This means that the Apple Watch Series 3 with watchOS 8 will continue to be supported by Apple. Updating the Apple Watch Series 3 should also be easier from now on. In addition to iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and watchOS 8, tvOS 15 and audioOS 15 are also due to be released. As soon as the updates are available, we will of course report on them as always. (Photo by Unsplash / Hugo Agut tugal)
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