iOS 14 will arrive before iPhone 12 — here's when you can get it

iOS 14 volition arrive before iPhone 12 — here's when yous can go it

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iOS xiv will be made available to iPhone users this month, despite other Apple announcements getting delayed.

This is according to Bloomberg (via TechRadar), whose sources claim that while the iPhone 12 will exist coming later than normal this year, iOS 14 will yet become its stable launch as planned during September.

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iPhone 12 product was held upward at several points in testing and production due to problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Merely iOS xiv was revealed on schedule, albeit nearly, at WWDC 2020 back in June. While it'southward normal for the new iOS version to appear around the same time as the new generation of iPhones, Apple tree may see no reason to hold iOS 14 back to October, the rumored calendar month of the iPhone 12 reveal.

We're curious to encounter iOS fourteen in action outside of the beta version. It's promising to be ane of the biggest iOS updates even so, with the introduction of widgets for a more informative home screen, App Clips for accomplishing specific app tasks more speedily, and a new App Library organization that intelligently sorts your apps based on their part and how you utilise them.

You'll be able to get iOS 14 on any iPhone 6s or subsequently. While this isn't great news if you lot're on an iPhone vi, this is unusually generous of Apple, since usually it locks out the oldest model running the previous operating system each twelvemonth. This time around, all iPhones that can run iOS 13 can upgrade to iOS 14.

Bloomberg's sources didn't give a specific appointment for when iOS fourteen would make it on users' iPhones. But given that iOS thirteen landed on September 19 final year, expect the large mean solar day to arrive in the next fortnight or then.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people need advice on. Post-obit on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the Academy of Sheffield, he'south as well written for WIRED U.Thousand., The Register and Creative Bloq. When non at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect loving cup of specialty coffee.