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Major OS release · iOS
iOS 5
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
iMessage
Send and receive unlimited text, photo, and video messages with other iOS 5 users
Newsstand
Automatically organizes magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
Reminders for managing to do lists
Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
Built-in support for Twitter
Sign-in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
Camera improvements for devices with cameras
Double click the home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
Photo improvements for devices with cameras
Crop and rotate
Mail improvements
Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts
Calendar improvements
Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
Game Center improvements
Use personal photos for your Game Center account
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 products8 mapped products
Full device coverage14 device names
- iPad
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
- iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular (VZ)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Mid 2012)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
- iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 4 (CDMA)
- iPhone 4 (GSM)
- iPhone 4S
- iPod touch (3rd generation)
- iPod touch (4th generation)
Support dropped at this major
Archive products
Device names in support data
- iPhone 3G
- iPod touch (2nd generation)
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2011
- 5.0Initial major release
- 5.0.1Point update
2012
- 5.1Point update
- 5.1.1Point update