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iOS 15.5 Public

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About this appearance

iOS 15.5 reached the public release channel on May 16, 2022. iOS 15.5 refined Apple Cash and Podcasts while correcting Home automation and iPhone SE reliability issues. This article records the public appearance only and does not attribute cumulative notes to an earlier beta.

Date
May 16, 2022
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple’s dated release record places iOS 15.5 on May 16, 2022. This article records that public appearance only and does not assign the cumulative version notes to any preceding beta.[1][2]

What changed

The point release was incremental: Wallet gained direct send and request controls, and Podcasts gained storage-management settings.[1][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-06-13T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 — Released May 16, 2022

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  2. About iOS 15 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.5

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  3. About the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-06-13T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 — security content

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

Apple Cash send and request controls

documentedconfirmed

The release made Apple Cash transfers accessible from the Apple Cash card in Wallet.

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.5

bugFix · fixed

Home automation and iPhone SE fixes

documentedconfirmed

The release corrected the documented Home automation and iPhone SE reliability issues.

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.5

enhancement · changed

Podcasts storage management

documentedconfirmed

The update added an automatic way to constrain downloaded episode storage.

  1. [1] About iOS 15 Updates · iOS 15.5