It was succeeded for the iPhone and iPod Touch by iOS 13 on Septemand for the iPad by iPadOS 13 on September 24, 2019. Announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4, 2018, iOS 12 was released to the public on September 17, 2018. Aesthetically similar to its predecessor, iOS 11, it focuses less on new functions than on performance, quality improvements and security updates. IOS 12 is the twelfth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. Security updates available for devices that don't support iOS 13+. IOS 12 - Apple at the Wayback Machine (archived September 9, 2019)
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