CUPERTINO, Calif.—If you’re buying one of the new iPhones or the other hardware that Apple announced today, your new devices will ship with Apple’s latest operating system updates already installed.

Apple’s latest update to the iPad operating system, iPadOS 18.3, brings a wealth of improvements and new features designed to elevate your tablet experience. This release focuses on refining existing ...

Apple is altering how it names its operating systems, starting with a major update to roll out in September for the iPhone. Instead of increasing the version number, Apple will name the iPhone ...

Apple's shipment of iPadOS 18.6 to the public updates the current-gen iPad operating system, with the maintenance release fixing bugs while iPadOS 26 gets tested. The release of iPadOS 18.6 arrives ...

Macworld Typically, after Apple introduces a new major version of its operating system, it stops pushing out the old version ...

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The iPad operating system broke away from iOS to provide more focused features for tablet users iPadOS is the operating system for Apple’s wildly successful tablets. iPadOS 13 was the first iteration ...

There’s a fresh round of system software updates for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch on Monday. Apple released iOS 26.2.1, iPadOS 26.2.1 and watchOS 26.2.1 to support AirTag 2, a tracker tag also ...

If you own an iPhone or iPad running an older version of iOS or iPadOS, you'll likely see a Lock Screen alert from Apple ...