iOS

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iOS is Apple’s mobile operating system that powers iPhones and iPads, known for its integrated ecosystem, security features, and curated App Store.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mobile operating system
basedOn Darwin
defaultAssistant Siri
defaultEmailClient Mail
defaultMapsApp Apple Maps
defaultMediaPlayer Apple Music
defaultWebBrowser Apple Safari
surface form: Safari
developer Apple Inc.
feature ARKit framework
App Store
surface form: App Store ecosystem

Apple Pay support
CarPlay support
Control Center
Family Sharing
Handoff
surface form: Handoff and Continuity

HealthKit framework
HomeKit framework
Notification Center
Screen Time
Widgets
iCloud integration
firstReleaseDate 2007-06-29
kernel XNU
kernelType hybrid kernel
license proprietary software license
market consumer mobile devices
notableCharacteristic curated application review process
regular long-term software updates for supported devices
tight integration with Apple hardware and services
operatingSystemFamily Apple operating systems
Unix-like
originalName iOS self-linksurface differs
surface form: iPhone OS
packageManager App Store
primaryUserInterface graphical user interface
multi-touch
programmingLanguage C
C++
Objective-C
Swift
renameDate 2010-06-07
renamedTo iOS self-link
securityFeature Activation Lock
Face ID support
Find My iPhone
Secure Enclave integration
Touch ID support
code signing
hardware-backed encryption
sandboxing
sourceModel closed source with open-source components
succeededBy iPadOS
surface form: iPadOS (for iPad)
supportsArchitecture ARM
supportsDevice iPhone
iPod
surface form: iPod Touch

some iPad models (historically)
updateModel firmware over-the-air

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Bitmoji platform iOS
Breeze Mobile platform iOS
Candy Crush platform iOS
Chase Mobile platform iOS
Combine platform iOS
Cốc Cốc platform iOS
Dev channel platform iOS
Didi Chuxing platform iOS
Dream Sports platform iOS
Gmail platform iOS
Google Docs platform iOS
Google Drive platform iOS
Google Forms platform iOS
Google Lens platform iOS
Google Maps platform iOS
subject surface form: Google One
Google Photos platform iOS
subject surface form: Google Play Music
Google Tasks platform iOS
Handoff platform iOS
subject surface form: HealthKit
Hearthstone platform iOS
ICQ platform iOS
Limbo platform iOS
Lyft platform iOS
Microsoft 365 platform iOS
Stream platform iOS
subject surface form: Microsoft Stream
Minecraft platform iOS
NBA 2K platform iOS
NBA Live platform iOS
OneDrive platform iOS
Opera News platform iOS
Pandora platform iOS
Periscope platform iOS
Power BI platform iOS
ProRes platform iOS
this entity surface form: iOS (for recording and playback on supported devices)