The new Apple OS’ also had a bunch of updates for the operating systems across its wide range of products, including the announcement of the company’s transition from Intel chips to their own in-house Silicon for future Macs. The announcement includes the new iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and WatchOS 7.
Apple OS Updates
Question is, will your Apple device get the new OS updates? Here are the list of devices that will support them, and let’s start off with iOS 14:
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE 1st Generation
- iPhone SE 2nd Generation
- iPod Touch 7th Generation
Moving on to the iPadOS 14, the update spans across to the 2014 iPad Air 2, along with the 3rd generation of the iPad Air:
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch 4th Generation
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch 3rd Generation
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd Generation
- iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st Generation
- iPad Pro 11-inch 2nd Generation
- iPad Pro 11-inch 1st Generation
- iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- iPad 7th Generation
- iPad 6th Generation
- iPad 5th Generation
- iPad Mini 5th Generation
- iPad Mini 4
- iPad Air 3rd Generation
- iPad Air 2
As for you MacBook Air or MacBook Pro users out there, 2013 model onwards as well as the iMac Pro will receive macOS Big Sur updates. Here’s the entire list:
- MacBook 2015 and later
- MacBook Air 2013 and later
- MacBook Pro Late 2013 and later
- Mac Mini 2014 and later
- iMac 2014 and later
- iMac Pro 2017 and later
- Mac Pro 2013 and later
Last but not least, this is watchOS 7 for those Apple Watch wearers out there. The update will be available for:
- Apple Watch Series 3
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 5
The pre-requisite is that it needs to be paired with an iPhone that can support the new iOS 14.
Availability
For developers, you can already download the first developer beta version of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and WatchOS 7 starting today. For the general public, if you don’t mind bugs and will be okay with the risk, then you can check out the public beta version of all these OS updates which will be released next month. As for the final version, it will only be available in Q4 of 2020.