iOS 15 download: Apple to release iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on September 20, with Live Text, new Focus modes

iOS 15 download: Users with an eligible iPhone and iPad will be able to download iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on September 20. Here’s everything you need to know, from compatible devices to upcoming features.

iOS 15 download: Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduces iOS 15 during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, U.S., June 7, 2021. Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc/Handout via REUTERS (REUTERS)

iOS 15 download: After Tuesday's Apple Event, iPhone and iPad users are all set to download Apple's upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 updates which are scheduled to arrive on September 20. After being beta tested for the past few months, Apple is finally releasing the updates to its popular iPhone and iPad operating systems, bringing improvements to notification handling as well as system apps, which have received a few useful tweaks.

iOS 15 features: One of the biggest improvements to the iOS notification system is the addition of notification summaries on iOS 15 which will show users a ‘roundup' of all the important notifications they may have missed when they pick up their phone after a while. Similarly, using an iPhone is set to get a lot easier with the arrival of iOS 15, thanks to new Focus modes for better digital wellbeing. Apple is also bringing changes to the Safari browser for better single-handed use, FaceTime with support for Android users, SharePlay features and more.

iPadOS 15 features: Meanwhile, on iPadOS 15, users will finally get better multitasking support, something that iPad users have been requesting for years, while the company is yet to provide a system that can match macOS, the new update should help while running apps like Instagram with improvements to Split Screen. Users will also see a big improvement to the iPad home screen in the form of the App Library, which will give users the ability to organise their apps in an easier manner.

iOS 15 download compatibility: If you are wondering which devices will be compatible with iOS 15, a good rule of thumb is that any device that can run iOS 14 will be able to download the iOS 15 update. This means that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st gen), iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS and XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd gen), iPod touch (7th gen) will be able to download the update, according to Apple's official documentation.