IPod Touch (5th generation) IPod Touch (5th generation) The fifth-generation iPod Touch (stylized and marketed as the iPod touch, and colloquially known as the iPod Touch 5G or iPod Touch 5) was unveiled at Apple's media event alongside the iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012, and was released on October 11, 2012. An all-purpose pocket computer designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-based user interface, it succeeded the 4th-generation iPod Touch. It is compatible with up to iOS 9.3.5, which was released on August 25, 2016. Like the iPhone 5, the fifth-generation iPod Touch is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a
IPod Touch (5th generation) the earpods that comes with the iPod does not include a remote and mic. The Voice Control feature can also be used to identify a track, play songs in a playlist or by a specific artist, or create a Genius playlist. Like the iPhone 4S and later models, the fifth generation iPod Touch was the first in the iPod Touch line-up to include Siri, that allows the user to operate the device by spoken commands. The software was improved in iOS 6 to include the ability to make restaurant reservations, launch apps, dictate Facebook or Twitter updates, retrieve movie reviews