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iOS is the operating system that powers Apple's iPhone smartphones, first introduced in 2007 and updated with major new versions every year. It matters because it controls how iPhones function and shapes the experience of hundreds of millions of users worldwide who rely on these devices daily.
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Key facts
- OS.name
- iOS
- OS.logo
- frameless|upright=0.4|class=skin-invert
- OS.logo alt
- The word "iOS" in black San Francisco neo-grotesque sans-serif font
- OS.logo size
- 75px
- OS.screenshot
- IOS 26 Homescreen.png
- OS.screenshot_size
- 240px
- OS.caption
- Home screen of iOS 26, the most recent version
- OS.developer
- Apple
- OS.family
- Unix-like, based on Darwin (BSD), macOS
- OS.language count
- 41
- OS.language
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian (iOS 18), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- OS.ui
- Multi-touch GUI
- OS.license
- Proprietary software except for open-source components
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.source_model
- Closed, with open-source components
- OS.programmed_in
- C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, assembly language
- OS.kernel_type
- Hybrid (XNU)
- OS.other articles
- iOS version history
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- computing platform
- Subclass of
- mobile operating system
- Has part
- iOS 18
- Official name
- iPadOS
- Based on
- Darwin
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Platform
- Apple Watch
- Official website
- www.apple.com/eg-ar/ios
- Image
- IOS 18.4.1 screenshot (2025).png
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- language of work or name
- English language
- software version identifier
- 26.4.2
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/ios_2
- Stack Exchange tag
- apple.stackexchange.com/tags/ios
- topic's main category
- Category:IOS
- Commons category
- IOS (Apple Inc.)
- programmed in
- Java
- event interval
- 1
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- GUI toolkit or framework
- Cocoa Touch
- update method
- over-the-air update
- package management system
- App Store
- copyright holder
- Apple Inc.
- publication date
- 2007-06-29
- different from
- Ios
- history of topic
- iOS version history
- topic has template
- Template:IOS
- online service
- iCloud
- hashtag
- ios
- exact match
- schema.org/IOSPlatform
- described at URL
- www.videogameschronicle.com/?post_type=platforms&p=271
- input device
- touchscreen
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