iOS 8 is finally launching to the public today:
17 September, at around 6pm in the UK. Find out whether you should
upgrade - and how - in our complete guide to the iOS 8 launch.
In our iOS 8 release date article we've got all the information you need to know about iOS 8, Apple's next iOS operating system for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and its imminent public launch.That's right: iOS 8 is launching at last. Apple has announced that iOS 8 will be available to download on your iPad and iPhone today: Wednesday 17 September. We believe iOS 8 will become available to download at 1pm Eastern Time in the US, which translates to 6pm here in the UK (and 10am Pacific Time, for our West Coast readers).
Find out what to expect from iOS 8 - Read our full iOS 8 review
When is iOS 8 coming out in the UK?
iOS 8 was first unveiled to a global audience at Apple's WWDC 2014 event at the start of June, where Apple showed off new features in the next operating system for iPad and iPhone. (Among these: Family Sharing, interactive notifications, predictive typing and third-party keyboards, iCloud Drive, and a new programming language for developers. For full details of all the new features in iOS 8 view our iOS 8 Tutorials zone.)Then, during the September keynote presentation at which Apple unveiled the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, as well as the Apple Watch, Apple announced that iOS 8 will be available to download two days before the new iPhones launch to stores. (The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus go on sale on Friday 19 September.)
That means today - 17 September. We're on the US clock here, of course, so expect iOS 8 to become available for download some time in the evening. Based on previous launches we expect iOS 8 to launch at around 6pm here in the UK.
There may be a rush on Apple's servers at first. When iOS 6 launched many people weren't able to upgrade for around a day after the new OS became available, and there were even some glitches - apps going missing and the like. The launch of iOS 7 wasn't much smoother, with chaos as people in the States left work early in order to go home to update as their work servers couldn't handle the downloads only to discover that it was Apple'se servers that were struggling. We don't expect too many problems this year; nevertheless, we usually advise readers to wait a day or two before upgrading, both to avoid the rush and so they can hear any early horror stories that might put them offf upgrading on a particular model.
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