iOS 15

iOS 15
Developer	iOS
Released to; manufacturing	September 20, 2021; 2 year ago
Latest release	15.8 / October 25, 2023; 6 months ago
Platforms	iPhone iPhone 6S; iPhone 6S Plus; iPhone SE (1st generation); iPhone 7; iPhone 7 Plus; iPhone 8; iPhone 8 Plus; iPhone X; iPhone XR; iPhone XS; iPhone XS Max; iPhone 11; iPhone 11 Pro; iPhone 11 Pro Max; iPhone SE (2nd generation); iPhone 12 mini; iPhone 12; iPhone 12 Pro; iPhone 12 Pro Max; iPhone 13 mini; iPhone 13; iPhone 13 Pro; iPhone 13 Pro Max; iPhone SE (3rd generation); iPod Touch (7th generation);
Preceded by	iOS 14
Succeeded by	iOS 16
Official website	www.apple.com/ios/ios-15
Support status
	Available

iOS 15 is the fifteenth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple for its iPhone and iPod Touch lines of products. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7, 2021, as the successor to iOS 14, and released to the public on September 20, 2021.^[1]

On June 6, 2022, at WWDC 2022, its successor, iOS 16, was announced. iOS 15 was officially succeeded by iOS 16 on September 12, 2022.

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iOS 15 adds a new layout for the built-in Safari browser, optical character recognition for images, child sexual abuse detection to the Photos application, and lastly it adds music sharing in the FaceTime application.^[2]^[3]