iOS 15 not available to me yet

lr1277

I have seen the announcements around iOS 15 and noted that it was released around 21st Sep. However checking my iphone, the only software update available is version 14.8. As I have an iPhone 8, web pages I have seen suggest I should be able to upgrade. I only want to do this to keep my phone as secure as possible. Should i be worried that it is not showing as available? Have you installed iOS 15 and if so how did you do it? TIA

Abbafan1972

I have a Iphone 8 and so does my daughter and we have all updated to 15.

I can remember the setting screen saying my software was up to date IOS 14..... and then there as a separate box at the bottom offering IOS 15.

I would do the update to 14.8 and any other 14 updates first and then it may offer you 15

lr1277

Abbafan1972 said:

I have a Iphone 8 and so does my daughter and we have all updated to 15.

I can remember the setting screen saying my software was up to date IOS 14..... and then there as a separate box at the bottom offering IOS 15.

I would do the update to 14.8 and any other 14 updates first and then it may offer you 15

Thanks Abbafan1972. I will give that a go and see if it comes through.

Sandtree

Have you scrolled down far enough?

14.8 will be offered as an update, 15 (or 15.1 now) should be offered as an upgrade which appears below.

lr1277

Sandtree said:

Have you scrolled down far enough?

14.8 will be offered as an update, 15 (or 15.1 now) should be offered as an upgrade which appears below.

Thank you. Yes I did that and iOS 15 was offered below. Not seen that feature before.

mrochester

lr1277 said:

Sandtree said:

Have you scrolled down far enough?

14.8 will be offered as an update, 15 (or 15.1 now) should be offered as an upgrade which appears below.

Thank you. Yes I did that and iOS 15 was offered below. Not seen that feature before.

It’s a new approach apple have taken to upgrading iOS. It gives people the option of staying with the previous iOS version if they so choose. 

Jenni_D

FYI even my 6S is now on IOS15 ... in fact I've just checked and can see the 15.1 update (which I'm applying now).

zagubov

My iphone SE (2016) upgraded to 15 and now 15.1, for which I'm grateful. I got a new battery for it for £40 and it's got a second wind, so I can put off having to buy a new model for a while.

Firm believer in making old equipment last as long as possible, and resisting the siren call to upgrade expensive hardware as if it mattered.

Movaraks

Has everyone's new ios badly damaged the battery? My battery capacity has decreased by 6%

coffeehound

Movaraks said:

Has everyone's new ios badly damaged the battery? My battery capacity has decreased by 6%

How old is your phone?  The battery capacity monitor appeared to be pretty unreliable in previous iOS versions so perhaps they've changed it