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Major OS release · iOS

iOS 15

Version 15Sep 20, 202133 public releases · 32 point updates

Software history

Defining features

Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.

FaceTime

Spatial audio makes people’s voices sound like they’re coming from the direction in which they’re positioned on the screen on Group FaceTime calls (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Messages and Memoji

Shared with You shows content sent to you by friends in Messages conversations in a new section in Photos, Safari, Apple News, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, or the Apple TV app

Focus

Focus lets you automatically filter notifications based on what you’re currently doing, such as fitness, sleep, gaming, reading, driving, work, or personal time

Notifications

A new look displays contact photos for people and larger icons for apps

Maps

Detailed city maps display elevation, trees, buildings, landmarks, crosswalks and turn lanes, and 3D views to navigate complex interchanges, and more in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and London, with more cities coming in the future (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Safari

Bottom tab bar is easier to reach and helps you move between tabs by swiping left or right

Wallet

Home keys let you tap to unlock a supported home or apartment door lock (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Live Text

Live Text makes text interactive in your photos so you can copy and paste, look up, and translate in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and live previews with Camera (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Spotlight

Rich results brings together all the information you’re looking for on contacts, actors, musicians, movies, and TV shows

Photos

New look for Memories with a new interactive interface, animated cards with smart, adaptive titles, new animation and transition styles, and multiple image collages

Apple feature source ↗

iPhone Software / iPhone OS / iOS

Device support

Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.

Supported archive products25 mapped products
Full device coverage31 device names
  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone 12
  • iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • iPhone 12 mini
  • iPhone 13
  • iPhone 13 Pro
  • iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • iPhone 13 mini
  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone 7 (CDMA)
  • iPhone 7 (GSM)
  • iPhone 7 Plus (CDMA)
  • iPhone 7 Plus (GSM)
  • iPhone 8 (CDMA)
  • iPhone 8 (GSM)
  • iPhone 8 Plus (CDMA)
  • iPhone 8 Plus (GSM)
  • iPhone SE (1st generation)
  • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
  • iPhone SE (3rd generation)
  • iPhone X (CDMA)
  • iPhone X (GSM)
  • iPhone XR
  • iPhone XS
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone XS Max (China mainland)
  • iPod touch (7th generation)

Support dropped at this major

No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.

Public releases

Public release history

Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.

2021

  1. 15.0Initial major release
  2. 15.0.1Point update
  3. 15.0.2Point update
  4. 15.1Point update
  5. 15.1.1Point update
  6. 15.2Point update

2022

  1. 15.2.1Point update
  2. 15.3Point update
  3. 15.3.1Point update
  4. 15.4Point update
  5. 15.4.1Point update
  6. 15.5Point update
  7. 15.6Point update
  8. 15.6.1Point update
  9. 15.7Point update
  10. 15.7.1Point update
  11. 15.7.2Point update

2023

  1. 15.7.3Point update
  2. 15.7.4Point update
  3. 15.7.5Point update
  4. 15.7.6Point update
  5. 15.7.7Point update
  6. 15.7.8Point update
  7. 15.7.9Point update
  8. 15.8Point update

2024

  1. 15.8.1Point update
  2. 15.8.2Point update
  3. 15.8.3Point update

2025

  1. 15.8.4Point update
  2. 15.8.5Point update

2026

  1. 15.8.6Point update
  2. 15.8.7Point update
  3. 15.8.8Point update