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'''iOS''' (formerly '''iPhone OS''') is a [[mobile operating system]] created and developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] for its [[iPhone]] line of [[smartphones]]. It was unveiled in January 2007 alongside the [[iPhone (1st generation)|first-generation iPhone]], and was released in June 2007. [[IOS version history|Major versions of iOS]] are released annually; the current stable version, [[iOS 18]], was released to the public on September 16, 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clover |first=Juli |date=September 16, 2024 |title=Apple Releases iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 With Home Screen Customization, App Locking, Passwords App, Messages Updates and More |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/16/apple-releases-ios-18/ |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=[[MacRumors]]}}</ref>

Besides powering iPhone, iOS is the basis for three other [[List of Apple operating systems|operating systems made by Apple]]: [[iPadOS]], [[tvOS]], and [[watchOS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Espósito |first=Filipe |date=April 13, 2020 |title=HomePod now runs on tvOS, here's what that could mean |url=https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/13/homepod-now-runs-on-tvos-heres-what-that-could-mean/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414143735/https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/13/homepod-now-runs-on-tvos-heres-what-that-could-mean/ |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=9to5Mac |language=en-US}}</ref> iOS formerly also powered [[iPad]]s until iPadOS was introduced in 2019 and the [[iPod Touch]] line of devices until its discontinuation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The music lives on |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/ |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Apple Newsroom |language=en-US |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511000703/https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/the-music-lives-on/ |url-status=live }}</ref> iOS is the world's [[Usage share of operating systems|second most widely installed mobile operating system]], after [[Android (operating system)|Android]]. As of December 2023, Apple's [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] contains more than 3.8&nbsp;million iOS [[mobile apps]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of apps from the Apple App Store 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/268251/number-of-apps-in-the-itunes-app-store-since-2008/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Statista |language=en |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220642/https://www.statista.com/statistics/268251/number-of-apps-in-the-itunes-app-store-since-2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>