iOS 14 is here — How to download it to your iPhone right now

iOS 14 is hither — How to download it to your iPhone right now

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iOS 14 has arrived at last. This is the biggest update to Apple'due south mobile Os in years, offering a wealth of new features to iPhone users, similar new widgets that tin be placed anywhere on the abode screen, a new method of app organization, the ability to prepare custom default apps and much, much more than.

The iPhone update joins updates for macOS Large Sur, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 and tvOS 14 also releasing today (Sept. sixteen). Hither's how to upgrade your iPhone to the new software and start taking advantage oi those long-awaited features.

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1. Ostend your iPhone supports iOS fourteen

Just like iOS thirteen terminal twelvemonth, iOS 14 supports a large number of iPhones dating back as far as 2015. That includes the iPhone 6S, first-generation iPhone SE and even the seventh-generation iPod Bear upon. If you lot have one of those devices, or newer, you'll be able to run iOS fourteen. Here'due south the full list:

iPhone 11 Pro
iPhone eleven Pro Max
iPhone xi
iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max
iPhone XR
iPhone X
iPhone 8
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone SE (1st gen)
iPhone SE (2nd gen)
iPod impact (seventh gen)

ii. Back up your iPhone

Before every big software update on any device — whether you're talking about phones, tablets or computers — you always want to back up your settings just in case something goes wonky post-update.

Thankfully, iCloud makes it very easy to practise simply that. You likely already accept iCloud Fill-in set up on your device, as it's one of the first things you're asked to do the very first time y'all power on a new iPhone. Just in case you oasis't set your iPhone upward for iCloud Backup, or perchance just want to check, become to Settings > your Apple ID (your name, at the top) > this iPhone (named, most the bottom) > iCloud Backup.

On this screen, you lot'll see a toggle switch to tell you whether or not iCloud Fill-in is active. Make sure it's on, so look to the final particular on the page, which should tell y'all when your last successful backup was. If you need to backup again, tap Back Up Now.

three. Download and install iOS 14

Alright — yous're all set to outset downloading iOS 14. It's quite possible your phone has already notified you of iOS 14'due south availability if you lot're indeed eligible for it. Merely if not, follow these steps to bank check.

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one. To get started, go back to the Settings app.

2. Tap General, which you lot may have to curlicue downwards to meet.

3. Tap Software Update. The next folio volition make up one's mind whether or non iOS fourteen is available for your device.

4. If you encounter iOS fourteen prepare and waiting, tap Download and Install. Y'all volition accept to input your Pin or passcode and accept Apple's terms of service.

The iOS xiv update is a big one, measuring betwixt 3GB and 5GB depending on which model you're using. Let a while to download the new software. When the phone is ready to install iOS 14 and restart, it'll notify you with an on-screen prompt. Accept that prompt, and your iPhone volition shut down.

During installation, your phone may restart multiple times — this is normal, and the whole process could take between 10 and twenty minutes, so be patient. When your iPhone restarts, you'll have iOS 14.

Adam Ismail is a staff writer at Jalopnik and previously worked on Tom's Guide roofing smartphones, car tech and gaming. His dearest for all things mobile began with the original Motorola Droid; since then he'southward endemic a diversity of Android and iOS-powered handsets, refusing to stay loyal to one platform. His piece of work has also appeared on Digital Trends and GTPlanet. When he's non fiddling with the latest devices, he's at an indie pop show, recording a podcast or playing Sega Dreamcast.