iOS 15 is arriving soon. Here's what we know about the iPhone's upcoming update

With Apple's lawsuit adjacent week apt to usher successful the adjacent iPhone, we're person to the motorboat of iOS 15.

On Tuesday, Apple revealed it volition broadcast an lawsuit from its California office connected Sept. 14, wherever the tech elephantine is wide expected to unveil the tentatively named iPhone 13.

Features some rumored and expected for the iPhone 13 see a bump successful retention to a maximum of 1 terabyte, a Portrait Mode for video, and a bigger battery.

Typically, Apple launches the caller instrumentality a mates of weeks aft its yearly unveiling, which means existent iPhone owners volition person a large update to their operating systems.

Here's everything we cognize astir iOS 15:

When volition iOS 15 launch?

Apple volition uncover this connected Tuesday, since a caller iPhone is arriving, too, but let's effort to supply a ballpark estimate. Last year, iOS 14 was disposable connected Sept. 16. But 2020 was an unusual twelvemonth (for evident reasons), and Apple launched the iPhone 12 successful October.

For the iPhone 11 and iOS 13, Apple released the iPhone connected Sept. 20, 10 days aft its uncover event, portion iOS 13 launched the time before.

If Apple follows this process, past iPhone 13 astir apt volition get successful stores Sept. 24, which means we could spot iOS 15 connected Sept. 23.

How tin I download it?

The champion mode to cheque is to caput to Settings, past General, past Software Update. Your iPhone volition archer you whether iOS 15 is acceptable to roll. Some older phones should let users to update by plugging successful to a laptop and going done iTunes, if you similar a tethered option.

What features volition look connected iOS 15?

Most notable is an update to FaceTime. You get a grid presumption to spot everyone connected a FaceTime call, the enactment to instrumentality calls successful Portrait Mode, and SharePlay, the enactment to ticker shows oregon movies with others portion connected a call. You besides tin enactment successful a FaceTime telephone done an Android oregon Windows device. But don't get excessively excited: You request to cognize idiosyncratic with an iPhone who tin commencement the telephone and nonstop you a nexus to join.

Users besides get a Focus mode to assistance negociate distracting notifications, upgrades to the Weather and Map apps, and the enactment to adhd your authorities recognition oregon idiosyncratic driver's licence to your Apple Wallet, though that diagnostic won't get astatine launch.

Which iPhones volition enactment iOS 15?

This update goes each the mode backmost to the iPhone 6s, truthful if you person that iPhone exemplary oregon immoderate mentation aft that, you're set.

Will each iPhones enactment each caller feature?

The cardinal origin deciding which features you'll get connected your iPhone is the processing chip. Phones without the A12 spot oregon aboriginal miss retired connected features specified arsenic Portrait Mode oregon spatial audio connected FaceTime, immersive walking directions, and Live Text, which lets users hunt wrong photos oregon screenshots for text.

So which phones don't person the A12 chip? Every exemplary betwixt the iPhone 6s and the iPhone X.

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