Fans of Apple products are innumerable, no one will dispute this. Also, everyone will support the fact that every year there are even more of them. And this is no accident. After all, progress does not stand still, and the presented company is famous for keeping pace with it. Currently, the news about the release of a new operating system called iOS 10 does not get away from Apple users.
If the previous version was able to shake half the world with its new features and improved old ones, then from the tenth version they expect the unimaginable. To some extent, she will be able to provide them, but still now it will not be about that. A lot of people care about the question about the new iOS 10. Which devices will support this operating system? To be honest, not everyone can afford the new-fangled iPhone 7, but absolutely everyone would like to use the new operating system. This question will be considered further in the text.
When to wait for iOS 10?
Before you talk about iOS 10 (for which devices it is suitable), it is worth mentioning the very release date of this operating system. The development was carried out, no less, a whole year, according to tradition in June, and to be more precise, on June 13, it was presented to the whole world at a conference of developers called WWDC 2016. It was presented in June, but the release will take place, of course, much later. Judging by past events, then tentatively on the devices of millions of people iOS 10 will fall around September.
This month was not chosen by chance, because those who follow Apple know that they always present new operating systems in June, and then there is a series of improvements. This process is laborious and therefore takes all three months of the summer. This is necessary so that the final product does not have bugs and various errors. All summer, a beta version of the operating system will be presented exclusively to developers. They will be required to identify all the shortcomings. As a result, Apple will eliminate the flaws and complete with the new iPhone 7 will release the brand new iOS 10 in September.
Innovations
Everyone is interested in seeing iOS 10. What's new in it? To be silent in an article about this data will be unforgivable. Therefore, this is precisely what will be discussed now. What may surprise us with iOS 10? What devices will support it?
Symbolically, at the presentation of iOS 10, Apple highlighted exactly ten major innovations in its operating system. Innovations have affected applications such as:
- Control Center
- Siri
- Quick Type.
- Photo
- Maps
- Music
- News.
- HomeKit.
- Phone
- iMessage
To paint details about each application, of course, now it makes no sense, you need to write a separate article on this topic. But still briefly talk about iOS. What is new in the program?
- The theme has changed in the Control Center. Different switches are now indicated in different colors. Added music control.
- The API was declassified in Siri, now it will be able to interact with the software directly. From the little things: the icon has changed, a tab has appeared in the settings and now you can put a male voice.
- Now text input tips are smarter. Quick Type can even predict the phone number that the other person is asking for.
- Photos can now recognize various objects, not just faces. So, entering in the search for "bicycle", there are photos with a bicycle. You can also start a slide show to the selected music.
- Maps has changed in design. He became more comfortable. Offers appeared on the map, and it became possible to move the map away while traveling. GPS operation has changed.
- Music also changed the design. In addition, additional categories, charts, and lyrics appeared in music.
- About the News application, you can only say that the design has changed. But we are all right on this program, because in the CIS countries it does not apply.
- HomeKit is a new application. It allows you to control home appliances at a distance, of course, if such a function is implemented in it.
- Phone application has also changed. Voice messages are now automatically converted to text. The SPAM category also appeared.
- IMessage has undergone dramatic changes. If you start listing them, then you can stop on page 20, so we will omit this news.
So, we examined the iOS 10 program. What’s new for the user is now clear.
Compatible devices
It's time to talk about iOS 10. What devices will support it? And of course, I wanted to immediately indicate that the iPhone 7 iOS 10 will be installed initially, but everyone knew about it. But with regard to earlier models, not everything is so smooth here. We will present you with more information about iOS 10. List of devices that will support it:
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5S
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6S.
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 7
These were representatives of smartphones, now it's worth talking about the iPad with support for iOS 10. Supported devices:
- iPad 4.
- iPad mini 2.
- iPad mini 3.
- iPad mini 4.
- iPad Air
- iPad Air 2.
- iPad Pro
- iPad Pro 9.7.
Now we just have to talk about the iPod with iOS 10 compatibility. Supported devices:
Is there any compatibility with iPhone 4S?
Now it’s worth talking in more detail about iOS 10. Compatible devices have been presented in the list above. As you can see, there is no iPhone 4S. This means that he will not support a new operating system.
And this is not surprising, because the display of this device has long gone out of fashion, and the hardware itself is too weak by today's standards. The lack of a 64-bit processor already says a lot. In general, we can say that Apple has already abandoned the Quartet. No new systems will go on it, and the update will also complete.
What about the iPhone 5?
But the owners of the iPhone 5 can sleep peacefully. IOS 10 model data will visit. Despite the fact that the smartphone is quite old, it is still able to pull a new operating system. And it is joyful that Apple does not discount it, because there are a lot of users of this phone all over the world, and many people really like it. And now there is still the opportunity to breathe new life into it by installing iOS 10.
iPhone 5s
But with the iPhone 5S, the situation is diametrically opposite than with the iPhone 4S. The presented phone has a 64-bit processor, which allows you to install a new OS on it. And he was very lucky, because this is the first smartphone in the lineup on which such a processor was installed. If this had not happened, he would have remained in the shadows, and innovations would have bypassed him. By the way, if someone still doubts, then on iPhone SE iOS 10 will also be installed.
Conclusion
As you can see, Apple annually pleases us with its new operating systems, but this frequency does not affect the quality of the product. Indeed, for a whole year of calm, they immediately and completely put in a new operating system a huge number of innovations.
It is clear that at the moment iOS 10 is the best operating system among all its competitors. And it pleases. But a little saddened by its compatibility. We learned a lot about iOS 10. Which devices will support it, we also reviewed. Someone was pleased with the news, but someone, on the contrary, was upset. But in any case, one thing remains indisputable: those platforms that, due to their technical characteristics, could not pull a new operating system, were thrown back. There is only one way out of this situation: if you want to use iOS 10, then you should think about purchasing a new iPhone, starting with number 5.