What OS does iPod Nano 6G/7G Run? [closed]

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Per numerous articles I've read online, the 6 and 7 generation iPod nano does not run iOS.

Cult of Mac: Touchscreen iPod Nano Does Not Run iOS

If this is the case, I'd love to know what OS they are actually running. Is it something based on iOS/OS X, or is it a whole different custom OS?

Answer 1

According to this article (and my admittedly fragile memory) the original iPods (i.e. before the iPhone/iPod touch) all ran an operating system called 'Pixo':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixo

So it is not at all related even to Darwin. The newer revisions of the original iPod generation (nano etc.) essentially were just "re-skinned" to look more like iOS.

Answer 2

The IPod Nano 7G runs 1.0.2 PC, this is a IOS styled OS but is not the a proper IOS. I don't know if there will be a software update from Itunes for it,but you never know!

Hope this answered your question, Matthew

Answer 3

Well, it's just some sort of embedded OS that Apple never bothered to tell us about. It isn't iOS or Mac OSX, because that would take way too much computing power and drive up the price and power usage. It's probably just an embedded Mach system.

Some more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod#Software

Answer 4

The iPod Nano 7 uses 1.0.3 PC as of 8 January 2014. I do not know the underlying kernel, I think it is Darwin, however.

Answer 5

• ipod nano 6gen is running ios 3.0.9
• ipod nano 7gen is running ios 3.9.9

• ipod nano 5gen is running ios 2.9.9

• ipod touch 2 is ios 4.2.1

• ipod touch 3 is ios 5.0.1
• ipod touch 4 is ios 6.1.3