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After more than three months of waiting, we finally got it - iOS 15 is finally out for all users. Until now, all developers and testers could install iOS 15, along with other new operating systems. In our magazine, we brought you countless articles and tutorials in which we not only focused on iOS 15. So if you want to find out what's new, keep reading.

iOS 15 compatibility

The iOS 15 operating system is available on the devices we list below:

  • iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone 12 mini
  • iPhone 12
  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone XS
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone XR
  • iPhone X
  • iPhone 8
  • iPhone 8 Plus
  • iPhone 7
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone SE (1st generation)
  • iPhone SE (2st generation)
  • iPod touch (7th generation)

iOS 15 will of course also be available on the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro. However, we do not list these models in the list above, as they will have iOS 15 pre-installed.

iOS 15 update

If you want to update your iPhone, it's not complicated. You just need to go to Settings -> General -> Software Update, where you can find, download and install the new update. If you have set automatic updates, you don't have to worry about anything and iOS 15 will be installed automatically at night, that is, if the iPhone is connected to power.

What's new in iOS 15

iOS 15 brings improvements to FaceTime's audio and video, including surround sound and portrait mode. Shared with you displays articles, photos, and other shared content from Messages conversations in relevant apps. Focus helps you reduce distractions by filtering notifications based on what you're doing. With redesigned notifications and the new Notification Summary feature, you can have all notifications delivered at once and attend to them when it's convenient for you. The elegant new Map interface will offer you the experience of cities in three dimensions and walking routes in augmented reality. The Live Text feature uses artificial intelligence to recognize text on photos everywhere in the system and on the web. New privacy controls in Siri, Mail and other apps and services make data processing transparent and give you more control over your data.

FaceTime

  • Surround sound makes people's voices sound like they're coming from the direction they're onscreen in group FaceTime calls (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • Voice Isolation blocks out background noises so your voice sounds clear and distinct (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • A wide spectrum brings sounds from the environment and your immediate surroundings into the call (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and newer)
  • Portrait mode blurs the background and focuses attention on you (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • The grid displays up to six people in group FaceTime calls at once in equal-sized tiles, highlighting the current speaker
  • FaceTime Links lets you invite friends to a FaceTime call, and friends using Android or Windows devices can join using a browser

Messages and memes

  • The Shared With You feature brings content sent to you by friends through Messages conversations to a new section in Photos, Safari, Apple News, Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV
  • By pinning content, you can highlight shared content that you've selected yourself and highlight it in the Shared with you section, in Messages search, and in the conversation details view
  • If someone sends multiple photos in Messages, they'll appear as a neat collage or set that you can swipe through
  • You can dress up your memoji in one of over 40 different outfits, and you can color the suits and headgear on the memoji stickers using up to three different colors

Concentration

  • Focus lets you automatically filter notifications based on what you're doing, such as exercising, sleeping, gaming, reading, driving, working, or free time
  • When you set up Focus, the device's intelligence suggests apps and people you may want to continue to receive notifications from in Focus mode
  • You can customize individual desktop pages to display apps and widgets relevant to the currently active focus mode
  • Contextual suggestions intelligently suggest focus mode based on data such as location or time of day
  • Showing your status in Messages conversations lets others know you're in focus mode and not receiving notifications

Notification

  • The new look shows you photos of people in your contacts and bigger app icons
  • With the new Notification Summary feature, you can have notifications from the entire day sent at once based on a schedule you set yourself
  • You can turn off notifications from apps or message threads for an hour or a whole day

Maps

  • Detailed city maps show elevation, trees, buildings, landmarks, crosswalks and turn lanes, 3D navigation at complex intersections, and more in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, London, and more cities in the future (iPhone XS , iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • New driving features include a new map that highlights details such as traffic and traffic restrictions, and a route planner that lets you see your upcoming journey based on your choice of departure or arrival time
  • Engaging walking routes show step-by-step directions in augmented reality (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • An updated transit interface allows one-tap access to departure information in your area, makes it easier to view and interact with your route with one hand, and alerts you to an upcoming stop
  • Interactive 3D globe displays enhanced details of mountains, deserts, forests, oceans and more (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • Redesigned place cards make it easier to discover and interact with places, and new Guides editorially curate the best recommendations of places you might like

Safari

  • The bottom row of panels is more accessible and allows you to switch between panels by swiping left or right
  • The Panel Groups feature helps you store, organize and easily access panels from different devices
  • The panel grid view shows all open panels
  • You can customize your home page by adding a background image and new sections like Privacy Report, Siri Suggestions, and Shared with You
  • iOS web extensions available for download in the App Store help you customize your web browsing
  • Voice search allows you to search the web using your voice

Penězhenka

  • With House Keys, you can unlock supported house or apartment locks with one tap (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • Hotel keys allow you to tap to unlock rooms in partner hotels
  • Office keys allow you to unlock office doors in cooperating companies with a tap
  • Ultra Wideband Car Keys help you unlock, lock and start a supported car without taking your iPhone out of your bag or pocket (iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models)
  • Remote Keyless Entry features on your car keys enable locking, unlocking, honking, cabin preheating and trunk opening on supported vehicles

Live text

  • Live text makes captions on photos interactive, so you can copy and paste, search, and translate them in the Photos app, on screenshots, in Quick View, Safari, and live previews in the Camera app (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later )
  • Data detectors for live text recognize phone numbers, e‑mails, dates, home addresses and other data in photos and offer them for further use
  • Live text is available from the keyboard and allows you to enter text into any text field directly from the camera's viewfinder

Spotlight

  • In the detailed results you will find all available information about the contacts, actors, musicians, movies and TV shows you are looking for
  • In the photo library, you can search for photos by places, people, scenes, text, or objects, such as a dog or a car
  • Image search on the web allows you to search for images of people, animals, landmarks and other objects

Fotky

  • The new look for Memories features a new interactive interface, animated cards with smart and customizable titles, new animation and transition styles, and multi-image collages
  • Apple Music subscribers can add music from Apple Music to their memories and receive personalized song suggestions that combine expert recommendations with your music tastes and the content of your photos and videos
  • Memory Mixes allow you to set the mood with a song selection that matches the visual feel of the memory
  • New types of memories include additional international holidays, child-focused memories, time trends, and improved pet memories
  • The info panel now displays rich photo information, such as camera and lens, shutter speed, file size, and more

Health

  • Sharing allows you to select health data, alerts and trends and share them with people who are important to you or who care about your health
  • Trends allow you to track how a selected health indicator evolves over time and can alert you when a new trend is detected
  • The new Gait Stability indicator can assess your risk of falling and alert you if your walking stability is low (iPhone 8 and later)
  • The Verifiable Health Records feature allows you to download and save verifiable versions of your COVID‑19 vaccinations and lab results

Weather

  • The new design displays the most important information about the weather in the selected location and brings new map modules
  • Weather maps can be displayed in full screen, such as precipitation, temperature and, in supported countries, air quality
  • Next hour rainfall alerts let you know when rain will start or stop in Ireland, the UK and the US
  • New animated backgrounds more accurately show the position of the sun, clouds and precipitation (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Crab

  • On-device processing ensures that the audio recording of your requests doesn't leave your device by default, and allows Siri to process many requests offline (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)
  • Share items with Siri lets you send items on your screen, such as photos, web pages, and places in Maps, to one of your contacts
  • Using contextual information on the screen, Siri can send a message or call the displayed contacts
  • On-device personalization lets you privately improve Siri speech recognition and understanding (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR and later)

Privacy

  • Mail Privacy protects your privacy by preventing email senders from learning about your mail activity, IP address, or whether you've opened their email
  • Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention now also prevents known tracking services from profiling you based on your IP address

iCloud +

  • iCloud+ is a prepaid cloud service that gives you premium features and additional iCloud storage
  • iCloud Private Transfer (beta) sends your requests through two separate Internet transfer services and encrypts Internet traffic leaving your device, so you can browse the web more securely and privately in Safari
  • Hide My Email lets you create unique, random email addresses that redirect to your personal inbox, so you can send and receive email without sharing your real email address
  • Secure Video in HomeKit supports connecting multiple security cameras without using up your iCloud storage quota
  • A custom email domain personalizes your iCloud email address for you and lets you invite family members to use it too

Disclosure

  • Exploring images with VoiceOver lets you get even more detail about people and objects, and learn about text and tabular data in photos
  • Image descriptions in annotations allow you to add your own image descriptions that you can have VoiceOver read
  • Per-app settings allow you to customize the display and size of text only in the apps you choose
  • Background sounds continuously play balanced, treble, bass, or ocean, rain, or stream sounds in the background to mask unwanted outside noise
  • Sound Actions for Switch Control lets you control your iPhone with simple mouth sounds
  • In Settings, you can import audiograms to help you set up the Headphone Fit function based on hearing test results
  • Added new voice control languages ​​- Mandarin (Mainland China), Cantonese (Hong Kong), French (France) and German (Germany)
  • You have new Memoji items at your disposal, such as cochlear implants, oxygen tubes or soft helmets

This version also includes additional features and improvements:

  • Tags in notes and reminders help you quickly categorize items so you can find them easily, and you can use custom smart folders and smart lists to automatically collect notes and reminders based on custom rules
  • Mentions in notes lets you alert others to important updates in shared notes, and the all-new Activity view shows all recent changes to a selected note in one list
  • Surround sound with dynamic head tracking in the Music app brings an even more immersive Dolby Atmos music experience to AirPods Pro and AirPods Max
  • System-level translation allows you to select text anywhere in the system and translate it with one click, even on photos
  • New Find, Contacts, App Store, Sleep, Game Center and Mail widgets have been added
  • The drag-and-drop feature between apps lets you transfer images, documents, and files from one app to another
  • The keyboard magnifier magnifies the text below the cursor
  • The Apple ID Account Recovery Contacts feature lets you choose one or more trusted people to help you reset your password and access your account
  • Temporary iCloud Storage When you buy a new device, you'll get as much free iCloud storage as you need to create a temporary backup of your data for up to three weeks
  • A separation alert in Find will alert you if you've left a supported device or item somewhere, and Find will give you directions on how to get to it
  • With game controllers such as the Xbox Series X|S controller or the Sony PS5 DualSense™ wireless controller, you can save the last 15 seconds of your game play highlights
  • App Store Events help you discover current events in apps and games, such as a game contest, a new movie premiere, or a live event
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