iOS 14, iPad OS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14 ship tomorrow, Apple confirms
Apple software updates ship soon
That clamour you hear? It’s not thousands of people rushing to check their bank accounts to see if they can afford a new iPad Air when it ships next month, but developers racing to boot up Xcode so they have a chance to get their apps out the door when Apple updates its iOS-based products September 16.
iOS 14, iPad OS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14 ship tomorrow, Apple confirms
During the latest #AppleEvent, Apple made a range of announcements, a precis of which will follow later on.
A quick precis of the announcements made
- New Apple Watch Series 6
- The Apple Watch SE confirmed
- Apple Watch Series 3 remains available for $199.
- A new Apple One subscription service
- A new Workout+ service
- A (brilliant) new iPad Air model.
- And a new iPad 8th generation.
And lots of news around the A14 chip. Expected in iPhone COVID-19 I guess means this is the first iPad to ship with the best available processor before it hits the iPhone in history.
Rounding off the announcements, Apple had one more thing:
It plans to ship iOS 14, iPad OS 14, watch OS 7 and tvOS 14 tomorrow (September 16). I have to observe that developers all over Twitter let out anxious shrieks at this news, as many had hoped to ship their apps at the same time as the OS – though perhaps this doesn’t matter quite as much as usual, given interest in iOS-based apps will remain really, really high as we wait on announcement of Apple’s all new iPhone 12.
- So, get ready to update your devices.
- Backup your information.
- And you should probably think about waiting a little while before you do upgrade, as everyone tries to do it at the same time every year which usually slows the process.
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