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iOS is Apple's operating system for the iPhone and one of the most widely used mobile operating systems in the world. Unveiled in June 2007 alongside the original iPhone and renamed from iPhone OS to iOS in 2010, the system is introduced every year at WWDC in June and ships in fall with the new iPhones. Since 2025, Apple synchronizes the version numbers of all its operating systems with the calendar year. iOS brings central features such as Home and Lock Screen customization, Dynamic Island, StandBy, Live Activities, Apple Intelligence, the Liquid Glass design, privacy features like Mail Privacy Protection and App Tracking Transparency, FaceTime, iMessage, Wallet, Apple Pay, and deep integration with iCloud, Apple Watch, AirPods, Mac, iPad, Apple TV and Vision Pro.

Apfelpatient.de has gathered the ongoing developments around iOS under this tag: beta cycles for every new version, detailed coverage of all major features and point updates, tips and tricks for settings, privacy and hidden features, background on security updates and critical bug fixes, comparisons with Android, design analyses of new interfaces, regulatory topics such as the DMA in Europe, and all rumors and reports about upcoming iOS versions.

Anyone wanting to understand iOS in depth, use it more effectively or follow the platform strategy behind Apple's mobile OS has their fixed anchor right here.

Apple Music's new white note inside a glass icon shape with colourful light edges on a black background – still from the video on Apple Music's new visual identity

Apple Music: New look emerges from sound

by Milan Jovicic

October 21, 2026 - 18:39 CEST

Apple Music has a new look: The logo was created using sound waves in a liquid. Here's how it works and what it changes...

iPhone Duo Apple Pencil: Apple Pencil box showing the stylus, placed on a grey stone surface

iPhone Duo: Apple Pencil already comes with iOS 27.2

by Milan Jovicic

October 21, 2026 - 4:23 PM CEST

The iPhone Duo already supports the Apple Pencil with USB-C starting with iOS 27.2. However, at launch on October 23rd, the feature is missing...

iPhone Duo one-handed mode: Folded iPhone Duo held in one hand, its outer display showing the Home Screen with the dock along the right edge

iPhone Duo: One-handed mode expected this year

by Milan Jovicic

October 21, 2026 - 4:10 PM CEST

The iPhone Duo is expected to get a one-handed mode in 2026, which, unlike before, will allow access to the left or right edge of the screen.

Apple Pay NFC UK: a hand holds an iPhone showing a completed Apple Pay payment over a card terminal on a shop counter

Apple Pay: UK plans to open NFC to competitors

by Milan Jovicic

October 20, 2026 - 14:01 CEST

Apple Pay: The UK wants to force Apple to provide affordable NFC access for third-party payment apps. Why this also affects Switzerland.

App Store premium games: Apple's Games app on a MacBook, iPad and iPhone with a featured game and sections for continue playing and friends

App Store: New CEO focuses on premium games

by Milan Jovicic

October 20, 2026 - 01:09 CEST

App Store Premium Games: New App Store chief Carson Oliver on one-time purchases, the role of Apple Arcade, and console ports to the iPhone.

Lock HomePod touch controls: white HomePod with an illuminated touch surface and plus and minus symbols in front of a light wall

HomePod: Touch controls can be locked with iOS 27.2

by Milan Jovicic

October 19, 2026 - 10:13 PM CEST

Lock HomePod Touch: iOS 27.2 disables the touch surface. What the new setting disables, what else remains responsive, and when it...

iOS 27.2 Release Candidate in the software update screen on an iPhone

iOS 27.2 Release Candidate released for developers

by Milan Jovicic

October 19, 2026 - 7:45 PM CEST

Apple is distributing the release candidate of iOS 27.2. What will be included in the final update, what's missing, and what's new for users in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland...