Update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Find out how to update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.

Y'all can update your iPhone, iPad or iPod bear upon to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS wirelessly.

If you're using iOS or iPadOS 14.5 or later, you may see the choice to choose betwixt two software update versions. Y'all can update to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS 15 every bit presently equally it'due south been released, or keep to utilise iOS or iPadOS fourteen while withal getting important security updates for a menstruation of time.

If you tin't meet the update on your device, utilize your calculator to update your device manually. Discover out how to update your device manually if y'all're using a Mac with macOS Catalina or later, or if y'all're using a Mac with macOS Mojave or earlier, or a Windows PC.

Update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch wirelessly

  1. Back up your device using iCloud or your computer.
  2. Plug your device into a power source and connect to the cyberspace with Wi-Fi.
  3. Get to Settings > General, then tap Software Update.
  4. If you run into two software update options bachelor, choose the one y'all want to install.
    The Settings app on iPhone showing options to update to iOS 14.8 or iOS 15.
  5. Tap Install Now. If yous see Download and Install instead, tap it to download the update, enter your passcode, then tap Install At present. If you don't know your passcode, find out what to practice.

You may see that your device is upwards to date and that there's an upgrade bachelor. For example, even if your device is upwardly to date with the latest version of iOS 14, there may be an option to upgrade to iOS xv. You may want to upgrade iOS when you lot pair an accessory with iPhone.

If you lot see an alert when updating wirelessly

If you need more infinite when updating wirelessly

If a message asks to remove apps temporarily because the software needs more space for the update, tap Proceed to allow apps to be removed. After the installation process has finished, those apps will exist reinstalled automatically. If you tap Cancel instead, you can delete content manually from your device to add more infinite.

Customise automatic updates

Your device tin update automatically overnight while information technology's charging.

  1. Go to Settings > General > Software Update.
  2. Tap Automatic Updates, and then turn on Download iOS Updates.
  3. Turn on Install iOS Updates. Your device will automatically exist updated to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. Some updates may need to exist installed manually.
    The Automatic Updates page in Settings on iPhone showing options to download and install iOS updates automatically.

Upgrading to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS software provides the latest features, security updates and problems fixes. Not all features are available on all devices or in all countries and regions. Battery and system functioning may be influenced by many factors, including network conditions and private use; bodily results may vary.

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