The public release of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS8, and tvOS 15 is expected to take place later today, Monday, September 20. A release date for macOS 12 Monterey has not yet been announced.
While we know that today is the day, Apple hasn’t officially announced what time of day the releases will take place. However, as noted by MacRumors, an educated guess can be made, based on previous releases.
Apple traditionally releases updates like this at around 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
To determine the local time in your area, use the list below, covering major cities in time zones around the globe:
- Honolulu, Hawaii — 7:00 a.m. HAST
- Anchorage, Alaska — 9:00 a.m. AKDT
- Cupertino, California — 10:00 a.m. PDT
- Phoenix, Arizona — 10:00 a.m. MST
- Vancouver, Canada — 10:00 a.m. PDT
- Denver, Colorado — 11:00 a.m. MDT
- Dallas, Texas — 12:00 noon CDT
- New York, New York — 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Toronto, Canada — 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Halifax, Canada — 2:00 p.m. ADT
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2:00 p.m. BRT
- London, United Kingdom — 6:00 p.m. BST
- Berlin, Germany — 7:00 p.m. CEST
- Paris, France — 7:00 p.m. CEST
- Cape Town, South Africa — 7:00 p.m. SAST
- Moscow, Russia — 8:00 p.m. MSK
- Helsinki, Finland — 8:00 p.m. EEST
- Istanbul, Turkey — 8:00 p.m. TRT
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates — 9:00 p.m. GST
- Delhi, India — 10:30 p.m. IST
- Jakarta, Indonesia — 12:00 a.m. WIB next day
- Shanghai, China — 1:00 a.m. CST next day
- Singapore — 1:00 a.m. SGT next day
- Perth, Australia — 1:00 a.m. AWST next day
- Hong Kong — 1:00 a.m. HKT next day
- Seoul, South Korea — 2:00 a.m. KST next day
- Tokyo, Japan — 2:00 a.m. JST next day
- Adelaide, Australia — 2:30 a.m. ACST next day
- Sydney, Australia — 3:00 a.m. AEST next day
- Auckland, New Zealand — 5:00 a.m. NZST next day
iOS 15 is compatible with the same iPhones as iOS 13 and iOS 14. Compatible devices are listed below.
- iPhone 12 and 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2020)
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS and XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
- iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (2016)
- iPod touch (7th generation)
iPadOS 15 is compatible with all of the same devices that were able to run iPadOS 13 and iPadOS 14, including:
- All iPad Pro models
- iPad (5th generation and newer)
- iPad mini (4th generation and newer)
- iPad Air (3rd generation and newer)
- iPad Air 2
watchOS 8 can be installed on Apple Watch Series 3, Series 4, Series 5, and Series 6 models, as well as the Apple Watch SE.
tvOS 15 is compatible with the Apple TV 4K (1st and 2nd generation ) and the Apple TV HD.