# iOS | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/IOS_17_Homescreen.png) | **iOS** is a mobile operating system based on macOS and on components of the Mach microkernel and FreeBSD, a Unix-like operating system, developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its smartphones. It was unveiled in January 2007 for the first-generation iPhone, launched in June 2007. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [IOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS) |