iOS Version History

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This content is a work-in-progress, and because there are new releases every month, it is also perpetually evergreen. Sections for low-hanging fruit are as follows:

iOS 11

System Requirements:

iOS 11 dropped support for 32-bit processors, so the iPhone 5, iPhone 5C and iPad 4 are no longer supported.

Initial device support

Version Devices
11.0 iPhone 8
11.0.1 iPhone X
11.3 iPad (6th Generation)

11.0

Version Release Date Build Features
11.0 2017-Sep-09 15A372
11.0.1 2017-Sep-26 15A402 / 15A403
11.0.1 2017-Nov-03 15A8391 Initial release on iPhone X; pre-installed only
11.0.2 2017-Oct-03 15A421 Not available for iPhone X
11.0.3 2017-Oct-11 15A432 Not available for iPhone X

11.1

Version Release Date Build Features
11.1 2017-Oct-31 15B93 / 15B101 Initial update release for iPhone X
11.1.1 2017-Nov-09 15B150
11.1.2 2017-Nov-16 15B202

iOS 12

System Requirements:

All devices that support iOS 11 also support iOS 12.

Initial device support

Version Devices
12.0 iPhone XS, iPhone XR
12.1 iPad Pro (3rd Generation)
12.1.4 iPad Air (3rd Generation), iPad Mini (5th Generation)

12.0

12.0

12.5

Version Release Date Build Features
12.5 2020-Dec-20 16H20 COVID Exposure notifications, Security fixes
12.5.1 2021-Jan-11 16H22 Bugfixes
12.5.2 2021-Mar-26 16H30 [Security fixes][ios-12.5.2]
12.5.3 2021-May-03 16H41 [Security fixes][ios-12.5.3]
12.5.4 2021-Jun-14 16H50 [Security fixes][ios-12.5.4]
12.5.5 2021-Sep-23 16H62 [Security fixes][ios-12.5.5]
12.5.6 2022-Aug-31 16H71 [Security fixes][ios-12.5.6]
12.5.7 2023-Jan-23 16H81 Security fixes

iOS 13

System Requirements:

Initial device support

Version Devices
13.0 iPhone 11 and iPad (7th Generation)
13.1 iPad (7th Generation), HomePod (1st generation)
13.4 iPad Pro (4th Generation-12.9”, 2nd Generation-11”), iPhone SE (2nd Generation)

13.0

Version Release Date Build Features
13.0 N/A 17A577

iOS 13.0 was only ever provided as the installation version for iPhone 11 models. iOS 13 was never made available for download.

13.1

Version Release Date Build Features
13.1 2019-Sep-24 17A844
13.1.1 2019-Sep-27 17A854
13.1.2 2019-Sep-30 17A860 / 17A861
13.1.3 2019-Oct-15 17A878

13.2

Version Release Date Build Features
13.2 2019-Oct-28 17B84
13.2.1 2019-Oct-30 17B90 HomePod-only update
13.2.2 2019-Nov-07 17B102
13.2.3 2019-Nov-18 17B111

13.3

Version Release Date Build Features
13.3 2019-Dec-10 17C54
13.3.1 2020-Jan-28 17D50

13.4

Version Release Date Build Features
13.4 2020-Mar-24 17E255 / 17E8255
13.4.1 2020-Apr-07 17E262 / 17E8258

13.5

Version Release Date Build Features
13.5 2020-May-20 17F75 Exposure Notificaiton API
13.5.1 2020-Jun-01 17F80

13.6

Version Release Date Build Features
13.6 2020-Jul-15 17G68
13.6.1 2020-Aug-12 17G80

13.7

Version Release Date Build Features
13.7 2020-Sep-01 17H35

iOS 14

System Requirements:

All devices that support iOS 13 also support iOS 14.

Initial device support

Version Devices
14.0 iPhone 12, iPad (8th Generation), and iPad Air (4th Generation)

14.0

Version Release Date Build Features
14.0 2020-Sep-16 18A373
14.0.1 2020-Sep-24 18A393

14.1

Version Release Date Build Features
14.1 2020-Oct-20 18A8395 Initial release for iPhone 12

14.2

Version Release Date Build Features
14.2 2020-Nov-05 18B92
14.2 2020-Nov-18 18B111 Bugfix release for iPhone 12 models
14.2.1 2020-Nov-19 18B121

iOS 15

System Requirements:

All devices that support iOS 13 also support iOS 14 and iOS 15.

Initial device support

Version Devices
15.0 iPhone 13, iPad (9th Generation), and iPad Mini (6th Generation)
15.4 iPhone SE (3rd Generation), iPad Air (5th Generation)

15.0

Version Release Date Build Features
15.0 2021-Sep-20 19A346
15.0.1 2021-Oct-01 19A348
15.0.2 2022-Oct-11 19A404

15.1

Version Release Date Build Features
15.1 2021-Oct-25 19B74/19B75 Security fixes
15.1.1 2021-Nov-17 19B81

15.2

Version Release Date Build Features
15.2 2021-Dec-13 19C56/19C57 Apple Music Voice Plan, App Privacy Report, Safety warnings in Messages, Legacy contacts in Apple ID, manual Macro Control1, TV app, CarPlay enchancements, Security fixes
15.2.1 2022-Jan-12 19C63 Security fixes

15.3

Version Release Date Build Features
15.3 2022-Jan-26 19D50 Security fixes and bugfixes
15.3.1 2022-Feb-10 19D52 Security fixes and bugfixes

15.4

Version Release Date Build Features
15.4 2022-Mar-14 19E241 First release for iPhone SE (3rd Generation) and iPad Air (5th Generation), Security fixes and bugfixes
15.4.1 2022-Mar-31 19E258 Security fixes and bugfixes

15.5

Version Release Date Build Features
15.5 2022-May-16 19F77 Security fixes and bugfixes

15.6

Version Release Date Build Features
15.6 2022-Jul-20 19G71 Security fixes and bugfixes
15.6.1[^sec] 2022-Aug-17 19G82 Security fixes

15.7

Version Release Date Build Features
15.7 2022-Sep-12 19H12 Security fixes
15.7.1 2022-Oct-27 19H117 Security fixes
15.7.22 2022-Dec-13 19H218 Security fixes
15.7.33 2023-Jan-23 19H307 Security fixes
15.7.44 2023-Mar-27 19H321 Security fixes
15.7.55 2023-Apr-10 19H332 Security fixes
15.7.66 2023-May-18 19H349 Security fixes
15.7.77 2023-Jun-21 19H357 Security fixes
15.7.88 2023-Jul-24 19H364 Security fixes
15.7.99 2023-Sep-11 19H365 [Security fixes][ios-15.7.9]

15.8

Version Release Date Build Features
15.8 2023-Oct-25 19H370 [Security fixes][ios-15.8]

iOS 16

Initial device support

Version Devices
16.0 iPhone 14
16.1 iPad Pro (6th Generation), iPad (10th Generation)

16.0

System Requirements: * iOS: * iPhone 8 or newer * iPhone SE (2nd Generation or newer) * iPadOS: * iPad Pro (all models) * iPad Air (3rd Generation or newer) * iPad (5th Generation or newer) * iPad mini (5th Generation or newer)

NOTE: The first release for iPadOS 16 is 16.1

Version Release Date Build Features
16.0 2022-Sep-12 20A362 First release for iPhone 14, Security fixes
16.0.1 2022-Sep-14 20A371 Activation bugfixes. Only available for iPhone 14, 14 Pro
16.0.2 2022-Sep-22 20A380 Bugfixes
16.0.3 2022-Oct-10 20A392 Bugfixes; security fixes

16.1

Version Release Date Build Features
16.1 2022-Oct-24 20B82
16.1.1 2022-Nov-09 20B101
16.1.2 2022-Nov-30 20B110

16.2

Version Release Date Build Features
16.2 2022-Dec-13 20C65 India 5G support on iPhone; new Freeform App; External display support for M1- and M2-based iPads; Security fixes

16.3

Version Release Date Build Features
16.3 2023-Jan-23 20D47 Support for security keys; bugfixes; Security fixes
16.3.1 2023-Feb-13 20D67 Security fixes

16.4

Version Release Date Build Features
16.4 2023-Mar-27 20E247 Support for web push notifications; Voice Isolation for phone calls; Security fixes
16.4.1 2023-Apr-07 20E252 Security fixes

16.5

Version Release Date Build Features
16.5 2023-May-18 20F66 Security fixes
16.5.1 2023-Jun-21 ? Security fixes

16.6

Version Release Date Build Features
16.6 2023-Jul-24 20G?? Security fixes
16.6.1 2023-Sep-07 20G81 Security fixes

16.7

Version Release Date Build Features
16.7 2023-Sep-21 20H19 Security fixes
16.7.1 2023-Oct-10 Security fixes
16.7.2 2023-Oct-25 [Security fixes][ios-16.7.2]

17.0

System Requirements: * iOS: * iPhone XS,XR or newer * iPhone SE (2nd Generation or newer) * iPadOS: * iPad Pro (2nd Generation or newer) * iPad Air (3rd Generation or newer) * iPad (6th Generation or newer) * iPad mini (5th Generation or newer)

Version Release Date Build Features
17.0 2023-Sep-19 21A3{26,27,29,31} First release for iPhone 15, Security fixes
17.0.1 2023-Sep-21 21A340
17.0.2 2023-Sep-26 21A350 Phone transfer bugfixes and [security updates][ios-17.0.2]
17.0.3 2023-Oct-03 21A360 Fixes overheating issues in iPhone 15 Pro phones; security updates

17.1

Version Release Date Build Features
17.1 2023-Oct-25 21B74 / 21B80
17.1.1 2023-Nov-07 21B91
17.1.2 2023-Nov-30 21B101

Beta and upcoming releases

NOTE: Apple never released iPadOS 16—iPadOS16.1 is the first 16.x release.

Beta releases

iOS 16 betas

Version Release Date Build Features
16.1b(1/2) 2022-Sep-14 20B5045d
16.1b(2/3) 2022-Sep-20 20B5050f This is the last beta release that supported external monitors for M1 iPad
16.1b(3/4) 2022-Sep-27 20B5056e Stage Manager supports older iPad Pro devices from 2018 and 2020 (11-inch10 and 12.9-inch11)12, in addition to the M1 iPad models (both Air and Pro); drop external monitor support for all iPads13
16.1b(4/5) 2022-Oct-04 20B5064c External display support is still missing in this build14
16.1b(5/6) 2022-Oct-11 20B5072b Ditto on the external display support still missing in this build15
16.1rc 2022-Oct-18 20B79 Ditto on the external display support still missing in this build16
16.2b1 2022-Oct-25 20C5032e External display support in stage manager for M1 (and M2) based iPads returns
16.2b2 2022-Nov-08 20C5043e
16.2b3 2022-Nov-15 20C5049e
16.2b4 2022-Dec-01 20C5058d
16.2rc1 2022-Dec-07 20C65
16.3b1 2022-Dec-14 20D5024e
16.3b2 2022-Jan-10 20D5035i
16.3rc1 2022-Jan-18 20D47
16.4b1 2023-Feb-16 20E5212f Support for Safari Web push notificaions
16.4b2 2023-Feb-28 20E5223e
16.4b3 2023-Mar-07 20E5229e
16.4b4 2023-Mar-15 20E5239b
16.4rc 2023-Mar-21 20E246 Duplicate image detection now works with iCloud Shared Photo libraries
16.5b1 2023-Mar-28 20F5028e
16.5b2 2023-Apr-11 20F5039e
16.5b3 2023-Apr-25 20F5050f
16.5b4 2023-May-02 20F5059a
16.5rc1 2023-May-09 20F65
16.5rc2 2023-May-15 20F66
16.6b1 2023-May-20 20G5026e
16.6b2 2023-May-31 20G5037d
16.6b3 2023-Jun-15 20G5047d
16.7.3rc1 2023-Dec-05 20H232

iOS 17 betas

Version Release Date Build Features
17.0b1 2023-Jun-05 21A5248v
17.0b2 2023-Jun-21 21A5268h
17.0b3 2023-Jul-05 21A5277h
17.0pb1 2023-Jul-11 21A5277j Public beta 1
17.0b4 2023-Jul-25 21A5291h
17.0pb2 2023-Jul-31 21A5291j Public beta 2
17.0b5 2023-Aug-08 21A5303d
17.0b6 2023-Aug-16 21A5312c
17.0b7 2023-Aug-22 21A5319a
17.0b8 2023-Aug-29 21A5326a
17.1b1 2023-?-?
17.1b2 2023-Oct-03
17.1b3 2023-Oct-10
17.2b1 2023-Nov-28 21C5054b
17.2b2 2023-Nov-28 21C5054b
17.2b3 2023-Nov-14 21C5054b
17.2b4 2023-Nov-28 21C5054b
17.2rc1 2023-Dec-05 21C62

Upcoming releases

Version Release Date Build Features

  1. Only available on iPhone 13 Pro models↩︎

  2. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  3. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  4. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  5. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  6. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  7. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  8. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  9. Only available for devices that are not supported by iOS 16: iPhone 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, SE (1st generation), iPod Touch (7th generation)↩︎

  10. 2018: A1980, A1934, A2013, A1979; 2020: A2228, A2068, A2230, A2231↩︎

  11. 2018: A1876, A1895, A2014, A1983; 2020: A2229, A2069, A2232, A2233↩︎

  12. These devices will never support external monitors using Stage Manager.↩︎

  13. M1 iPad models will re-gain the external display support for Stage Manager before the end of 2022.↩︎

  14. M1 iPad models will re-gain the external display support for Stage Manager before the end of 2022.↩︎

  15. M1 iPad models will re-gain the external display support for Stage Manager before the end of 2022.↩︎

  16. M1 iPad models will re-gain the external display support for Stage Manager before the end of 2022.↩︎