In addition to its various announcements today, Apple also revealed when we should expect its next big software update to arrive on its smartphones and smartwatches and, as always, it will be a Monday. In particular, Monday 12 September.

That’s when the company will make iOS 16 available for existing iPhones, as well as watchOS 9 for Apple Watch wearables, aka Series 4 and above. To update your watch to the latest software, your iPhone will also need to be running iOS 16.

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iOS 16 and watchOS 9 were both unveiled at Apple’s annual developer conference in June, along with iPadOS 16. The tablet version of Apple’s mobile software will not appear next Monday, however, as the company still needs more time to refine the new Stage Manager’s multitasking functionality.

It looks like iPadOS will skip a beat and sync back to iOS 16 when iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 roll out, likely in October.

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