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iOS 27.1 release date: Here’s when to expect the new iPhone update
iOS 27 launches for all users next week, and will be followed not long after by the first iOS 27.1 beta and public launch. Here’s when to expect iOS 27.1’s arrival.
If you’re not running Apple’s beta already, there’s a huge iPhone software update coming next week.
iOS 27 launches this Monday, September 14 and is packed with new features like Siri AI.
But if you’ve been running the iOS 27 beta all summer, you’re likely already looking ahead to iOS 27.1.
Apple is expected to debut the first iOS 27.1 beta within about a week of iOS 27 launching. Here’s what we’ve seen in recent years:
I excluded iOS 18 because Apple launched its 18.1 beta extra early during the summer as a way to test Apple Intelligence.
So the typical pattern points to iOS 27.1 beta 1 arriving as early as next week, or as late as the week of September 21.
Apple confirmed this week that iOS 27.1 will ship by October 23—and likely a few days earlier.
Its iPhone Duo press release says, “iPhone Duo will be available with iOS 27.1.” Since iPhone Duo arrives in users’ hands on October 23, the software update must be released by then.
This will actually be slightly earlier than we’d normally expect. Starting with 2025, in the last four years Apple’s x.1 updates launched on: November 3, October 28, October 25, and October 24.