If you’re not in the position to spend $800+ on a new iPhone 14, or your iPhone 13 isn’t quite ready for the trade-in pile, you can still give your Apple smartphone a refresh by upgrading to iOS 16.
Apple gave us a preview of its new mobile OS at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, and kicked off a public beta shortly thereafter. But now it’s ready for primetime. At the iPhone 14 launch event, Apple announced that iOS 16 will be available to download on Sept. 12.
Apple’s iOS 16 will launch alongside watchOS 9, but you’ll have to wait a bit longer for iPadOS 16. Apple said the tablet-centric OS won’t arrive until later this fall, and it will in fact launch as iPadOS 16.1 to fix some glitches.
We also don’t have a launch date for macOS Ventura; Apple’s website for the software just says it’ll launch in October. But Apple is expected to host another event next month that’s focused on the Mac and iPad, so we could get more details then.
iOS 16-compatible iPhones
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Among the more notable features coming to iOS 16 is a revamped lock screen and the abiliy to edit and unsend messages. All iPhones from iPhone 8 and up support iOS 16; the full list is above.
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Here’s how to download iOS 16 once it arrives (and a primer on whether your iPad will support iPadOS 16 once that drops).
For Apple Watch owners, watchOS 9 works with Apple Watch Series 4 and later; it requires an iPhone 8 or later and iPhone SE (2nd generation) or later running iOS 16.
Apple’s iPhone 14 Event Supercut
