How to upgrade to iOS 15 and watchOS 8 and remove your beta profile

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The latest bundle versions are retired for iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches. Here's however to instal them and region aged beta profiles if you tested the iOS, iPadOS, oregon Watch OS anterior to release.

Apple's iOS 15 is present mostly available, and with it comes the request to update your iPhone to the latest mentation successful bid to support receiving the astir up-to-date features and instrumentality security.

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It's ever worthy stating that installing updates tin sometimes origin problems, truthful determination are a fewer things you should bash earlier installing iOS 15: instrumentality a full encrypted backup of your device, oregon astatine a minimum, a recent iCloud backup to safely store important files and settings.

According to Apple, each existing Apple Watches are compatible with watchOS 8, portion iOS 15 and its adjacent relative iPadOS 15 are supported connected the pursuing devices:

iPhone 7 - 12
iPhone 12 Mini
iPhone 13
iPhone 13 Mini
iPhone 13 Pro
iPhone 13 Pro Max
iPhone XS, 11 and 12 Pro
iPhone XS, 11 and 12 Pro Max
iPhone XR
iPhone X
iPhone 7 and 8 Plus
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone SE (first and 2nd generation)
iPod Touch (seventh generation)
iPad Pro 12.9 (all generations)
iPad Pro 11 (all generations)
iPad Pro 11 (1st and 2nd gens)
iPad Pro 10.5 (2nd gen)
iPad Pro 9.7 (1st gen)
iPad Air (2nd, 3rd and 4th gens)
iPad Mini (4th - 6th gens)
iPad (5th - 9th gens)

How to instal iOS 15 and iPadOS 15

Installing iOS 15 and iPadOS is sequentially identical. For simplicity's sake, I'm lone covering iOS here; if you're trying to instal the iPadOS 15 beta travel these steps and simply substitute your iPhone for your iPad. There's a bully accidental you won't adjacent request to travel these steps: Your iPhone oregon iPad volition astir apt punctual you to instal iOS oregon iPadOS 15 automatically. If, for immoderate reason, it doesn't, present are immoderate steps you tin travel to instal the update yourself.

Open the Settings app and look for General (it should beryllium astatine the apical of the 3rd radical of paper items). Tap it, and connected the paper that appears pat Software Update. If your instrumentality is already up to day you'll conscionable spot a enactment saying nary updates are available. If not, this is wherever you'll spot the surface prompting you to instal the latest mentation of iOS oregon iPadOS.

Simply travel the onscreen prompts and you'll person installation implicit successful nary time. One note: Your iPhone oregon iPad volition request to restart during the process, truthful beryllium definite you aren't successful the mediate of thing earlier you begin. You'll besides request to person greater than 50% artillery for installation to start, too.

How to instal watchOS 8

Installing the latest mentation of Apple's WatchOS is conscionable astir arsenic elemental arsenic installing an iOS oregon iPadOS update, conscionable done from a antithetic app.

Instead of opening Settings, find the Watch app connected your iPhone. With Watch open, look for General, which should beryllium the archetypal point successful the 2nd radical of buttons. Tap it, and you'll travel to a surface wherever you'll spot Software Update arsenic a paper item. Tap that, too. As was the lawsuit with iOS/iPadOS, the Software Update surface volition amusement you what, if any, versions of WatchOS are available. From there, conscionable travel the prompts.

Like with the iPhone, your Apple Watch needs to beryllium astatine slightest 50% charged successful bid to update. The Apple Watch besides needs to beryllium connected its charger and its paired iPhone needs to beryllium kept successful adjacent proximity.

Removing Apple OS beta profiles

If you privation to region the illustration for iOS oregon iPadOS, unfastened Settings, and past navigate to General > VPN & Device Management > Configuration Profile. Here, you'll spot a surface akin to erstwhile you installed the profile, with a fastener labeled Remove Profile connected the bottom. Tap that, and travel the steps to region it and instrumentality backmost to a regular nationalist merchandise transmission device.

For the Apple Watch, unfastened the Watch app and pat General > Profiles > watchOS Beta Software Profile. There, you'll spot a surface similar the 1 for the iOS profile. Tap Remove Profile, and you'll beryllium each set. Please enactment that if you ever privation to get the beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, oregon WatchOS again you'll person to re-download and re-install the profiles.