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iPadOS 15.5 Public

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About this appearance

iPadOS 15.5 reached the public release channel on May 16, 2022. iPadOS 15.5 was an incremental maintenance release centered on Podcasts storage management and security fixes. 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 iPadOS 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

Apple documented one consumer-facing Podcasts setting and a broader set of security corrections.[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 iPadOS 15 Updates

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

Podcasts storage management

documentedconfirmed

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

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