iOS 15
| Version of the iOS operating system | |
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iOS 15 running on an iPhone 12 | |
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Source model | Closed with open-source components |
| General availability | Late 2021 |
| Latest release | 15.8.3 (19H386) (July 29, 2024) [±] |
| Platforms | |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| Default user interface | Cocoa Touch (multi-touch, GUI) |
| License | Proprietary software with open-source components |
| Preceded by | iOS 14 |
| Official website | https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-15-preview/ |
| Support status | |
| Developer Beta | |
| Articles in the series | |
| iPadOS 15 (derivative for iPad) | |
iOS 15 is the fifteenth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple for their iPhone and iPod Touch lines. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7, 2021 as the successor to iOS 14, and is expected to be released in late 2021.
History
Updates
The first developer beta of iOS 15 was released on June 7, 2021, and the first public beta is due to be released in July 2021.[citation needed]
| Version | Build | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.0 beta 2 | 19A5281h | June 24, 2021 |
Legend: Past Current Beta
Features
FaceTime
iOS 15 adds several new features to FaceTime including:
- Grid view for group conversations
- Portrait mode
- Spatial audio
- Voice isolation mode
- Wide spectrum mode
- FaceTime links and web integration, which allow anyone to join a call including Android and Microsoft Windows users
- Calendar integration
- Mute alerts, which let users know when they're talking while muted
- FaceTime can now take advantage of all rear cameras (on compatible devices)
SharePlay
Another major feature of FaceTime is SharePlay, which allows users to listen to music, watch movies, share their screens, and more with other users while on a FaceTime call.[1][2] SharePlay works across iPhones running iOS 15, iPads running iPadOS 15, and Macs running macOS Monterey.[3]
Messages
Messages now displays multiple images in stacks, making them easier to navigate.
Memoji
Memoji have more customization options, including new clothing, two different eye colors, new glasses, new stickers, multicolored headwear, and new accessibility options.[4]
Shared with You
Messages also introduces a new feature called "Shared with You", which organizes links and other content shared via Messages in a dedicated section in their native apps for later viewing (for instance, a news article shared via messages is shown in the News app).[5]
Notifications
Notifications receive a new look with contact photos for all communication apps and larger app icons. The Summary allows the user to group and postpone the notifications coming from the chosen apps, delivering them at a scheduled time in a single big notification called summary notification.
Maps
Apple Maps receives several new features:
- 3D globe with a new color palette and increased mountain, desert, and forest detail
- New driving features on A12 devices or later in select cities, including increased traffic information, turn lanes, bike, bus and taxi lanes, medians, crosswalks, building and bridge detail and foliage
- Walking directions in augmented reality on A12 devices or later
- Redesigned place cards
- Improved filtering for search
- Easier to report map issues
Focus
iOS 15 adds a new mode called Focus, which is designed to filter communications and notifications for a later time while enabled; Focus can be enabled for various occasions, such as sleep and work. Users can select the apps and notifications that will be shown while Focus is enabled. Focus can also be enabled seamlessly with a user's routine, such as at specific times of the day, or upon arriving at a location. When Focus is enabled, it can also show widgets and apps relating to the activity the user is doing, such as work. Focus is enabled automatically across different iOS devices on the same iCloud account.[5]
Photos
The Photos app allows the user to manually set the time and date of a photo. The app also allows the user to view information about the photo such as the camera used to take the photo and the photo's file size. [6]
Safari
Safari was completely redesigned, moving the tab bar and address bar to the bottom of the screen. It now has tab groups, allowing users to organize tabs and share entire groups of tabs.[7] Browser extensions are available for the first time on both iPhones and iPads.[8] A new start page was also added in iOS 15.[9]
Health
It's possible to share your health data with family, friends or healthcare professionals which can take care of you
Security and Privacy
App Privacy Report
By activating this app logging, the user can save a 7-day summary of the times when the various apps access certain data and the domains or websites they visit[10]
Siri improved privacy
On devices with an Apple A12 Bionic system on a chip or newer, Siri now converts audio into words on the device itself instead of sending it to Apple servers.[11]
Mail Privacy Prevention
In Mail app it masks the user's IP address during the reading of mail messages containing external contents.
iCloud Private Relay
When browsing with Safari, Private Relay masks the user's IP address, preserving the region but not the actual location.
Other changes
- Weather received an overhaul, with new animations and weather maps in full screen
- Apple Wallet adds support for state issued ID in participating US states, home or apartment keys, hotel keys, and office keys.
- Devices with an A12 chip or newer support Live Text in stock apps which can transcribe, copy and paste text from images.[12]
Supported devices
All the devices that support iOS 13 and iOS 14 also support iOS 15. The following is a list of devices that support iOS 15:[13]
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See also
References
- ^ Griffin, Andrew (June 7, 2021). "iOS 15: Apple reveals future of iPhone with new operating system update". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Clark, Mitchell (June 7, 2021). "Apple is building video and music sharing into FaceTime". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Gogia, Kanika (June 8, 2021). "iOS 15: All you need to know". Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "iOS 15 Preview - Features". Apple. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ a b "iOS 15 brings powerful new features to stay connected, focus, explore, and more". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "iOS 15: How to Adjust the Date and Time of Photos". MacRumors. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ Axon, Samuel (2021-06-12). "Here are a bunch of iOS 15 features that Apple didn't mention earlier". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ Espósito, Filipe (2021-06-07). "Apple brings Safari web browser extensions to iPhone and iPad with iOS 15". 9to5Mac. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ "iOS 15: Check Out Safari's New Tab Bar, Tab Groups, and Tab Switcher". MacRumors. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ O'Flaherty, Kate. "iOS 15: Outstanding New Privacy Features Will Change Your iPhone Forever". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ Vincent, James (2021-06-07). "Apple's Siri will finally work without an internet connection thanks to on-device processing". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "iOS 15 Live Text feature can copy and paste text from any image". AppleInsider. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ Faulkner, Cameron (June 7, 2021). "Here are the devices that can run iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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