Apple finally gave iFan a choice: new OS update or just security update

When Apple announced the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 updates at its 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference, CEO Tim Cook revealed a bunch of exciting new features including Spatial Audio on FaceTime, Live Text, upgrades. Do Not Disturb feature and securely upload ID photos,…

One of the features that wasn’t mentioned during the conference, but that is sure to bring joy to many, is to allow iPhone and iPad users to choose if they want to upgrade or continue using the operating system version. current, but still receive security updates.

Previously, iPhone and iPad users who wanted security updates needed to update their entire operating system to the next version. Now, according to information from the iOS and iPadOS betas, users can update completely to 15″ or continue on to iOS 14 and still receive critical security updates until you’re ready to upgrade. to the next major version”.

This information appears on a page that lists features for both iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 :

iOS now offers a choice between two versions of software updates in the Settings app. You can update to the latest version of iOS 15 as soon as it’s released for the latest features and the most complete set of security updates. Or continue on iOS 14 and still get critical security updates until you’re ready to upgrade to the next major version.

This setting will appear as soon as Apple releases iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 official versions.

Of course, there are questions surrounding this.

How long will Apple continue to provide security updates for iOS 14? Will it be for the life of iOS 15 (after that, iOS 14 users will have to choose to switch to iOS 15 or iOS 16) or for a limited time?

Also, will users who have upgraded to iOS 15 be able to roll back to iOS 14? Currently, Apple prevents rollbacks by not signing previous iOS releases, for security reasons.

However, this is probably welcome news for Apple users with older models or those who are cautious, as this allows users to not need to upgrade to a new version of iOS or iPadOS and still have new security. Best.

It looks like Apple Watch users won’t have this option.

Reference: ZDnet