iOS 10 News, Updates & Features: Apple Launches iMessage App Store; List of iPhone, iPad Models That Can Support New OS [DETAILS]
The Apple iOS 10 Will Be Released Soon
The official release of the Apple iOS 10 is reported to be on Sep. 13, Wednesday this week.
Prior to its official launching, Apple has launched the iMessage App Store to fully support the newest iOS 10 operating system. It is expected that iMessage will include third-party developers and their apps as add-ons for the app.
iOS 10 Apple iMessage App News, Updates
The iMessage App Store can be used to download various games and apps to phones that will be receiving the iOS 10. Some of the apps that are available for download with the iOS 10 are Square Cash, Evernote, OpenTable, GIF Keyboard, Yelp, The Weather Channel and more. According to Engadget, the iMessage App Store can also be used to download sticker packs from Sanrio, Namco, Disney and Nintendo, which already has the Super Mario Run Stickers available for iMessage.
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Venture Beat reports that there are apps within iMessage that can stand alone all by themselves. Apps within the iMessage App Store are specially created for the iMessage. The original apps need to be downloaded first before they can be used in Apple's new iMessage app. With that said, Apple is venturing on to companies having their own chat applications similar to Slack, Skype, Facebook Messenger, Kik and many more.
With the inclusion of third-party apps, Apple has also included Siri, CNET noted. Apart from being commanded to control Apple's own apps, Siri can now be commanded to control Pinterest, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and many more.
iPhone, iPad Models that Support iOS 10
Apple recently unveiled their iPhone 7 series models so it is understood that these devices will have iOS 10 by default. With that said, many are confused what iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch models can support the iOS 10.
BGR reports that all iPhone models starting from iPhone 5 and up will be able to get the iOS 10. To put it specifically, these models include the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone SE, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, and the iPhone 6S Plus.
The iPad models that can support the iOS 10 are the iPad Pro 12.9-inch, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, 3, 4, and the iPad 4th generation. There is only one iPod Touch model that can support the latest iOS 10 and that is the iPod touch 6th gen.
