Updated 10/7/19 : Apple has released macOS Catalina .
Generally , Apple releases its big fall operating organization updates at nearly the same metre . We get the raw iOS , tvOS , and watchOS all on the same day ( or about so ) , and the raw macOS within a calendar week or two . Yes , there are further “ percentage point releases ” to add features and fix germ , but the big pearl is often more or less at once .
This class is dissimilar . Apple started public test of iOS 13.1weeksbefore the outlet of iOS 13 . It dissever the iPad off into its own O with its own tone ending date . The fresh macOS going is who - have a go at it - when . And some feature article and devices are going to have to wait until a later date for updates .
Here ’s a speedy guide to which of the 2019 gloaming OS update are happening on what dates , and for what devices .
September 19
This was a bounteous day . iPhones gotiOS 13 , which brings a net ton of big improvements . There ’s Dark Mode , Siri improvements , a whole new CarPlay , and improvements to gobs of Apple ’s gist apps .
This is also the launch twenty-four hours forApple Arcade , the $ 4.99 per month play subscription service .
Those who have an Apple Watch Series 3 and 4 will get theirwatchOS 6 update , too ( Apple Watch Series 5 ships with it ) . However , Apple Watch Series 1 and 2 wo n’t get the update until a later , unspecified date .
September 24
For some , September 24 will be a bigger day for Apple OS updates than September 19 . Just 5 days after the release of iOS 13 , iPhones got upgrade toiOS 13.1 . This brings with it a number of feature film crowd back from the initial iOS 13 sack . Among them are Shortcuts automation , the ability to portion out ETA in Maps , and audio sharing with AirPods orPowerBeats Pro .
You may have acknowledge that iPadOS 13 was n’t listed up above with the iOS 13 release . That ’s because it drops on this twenty-four hour period — iPad owners get their iPadOS 13 release on the same day iPhone possessor get Io 13.1 . Curiously , though Apple is beta - testing iPadOS 13.1 , there is no reference of its release engagement . Perhaps the iPadOS 13 release on September 30 will really be 13.1 , or maybe iPadOS 13.1 is arrive at a later , unspecified date .
This is the date the Apple TV to get its tvOS 13 update , too . It brings support for multiple users , lyric in Apple Music , support for Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ ( which goes live on November 1 ) , the ability to use Xbox and Playstation 4 controllers , and a unexampled home screen with live background video .
October 7
The official ship date formacOS Catalinawas October 7 . Features include the new telly , Music , Podcasts , and Find My apps , Apple Arcade , young security feature , and more . You canget Catalina in the Mac App Store .
‘Later this fall’
There are a handful of features and updates that have been announce , but have no release date . Apple only pronounce they will be useable “ later on this drop . ” These include :
A HomePod update to enable multiple user voices and business relationship , ambient sounds , and easy music handoff from iOS equipment .
A photo feature for the novel iPhones call “ Deep Fusion . ”
watchOS 6 update for Apple Watch Series 1 and 2 .
A macOS Catalina : in Screen Time , a feature that will allow for communicating restrictions on FaceTime and Messages .
iCloud Drive folder sharing , where you could send out private links to user , provide them to get at a folder of Indian file on your iCloud Drive . Apple’swebsite for the features of Catalinasays that iCloud Drive folder communion wo n’t be available until spring 2020 .
November 1
This is the liberation date for Apple ’s new streamingTV service call Apple TV+ . We expect at least four shows at launch : For All Mankind , The Morning Show , Dickinson , andSee .
Apple TV+ will be $ 4.99 per calendar month with Family Sharing , but you get a twelvemonth free when you bribe a new iPhone , iPad , Mac , or Apple TV .
