<Tr> <Th> Related articles </Th> <Td> iPhone 5S iPhone SE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.apple.com/ipod-touch/ </Td> </Tr> <P> The sixth - generation iPod Touch (stylized and marketed as the iPod touch, and colloquially known as the iPod touch 6G, iPod touch 6, or iPod touch (2015)) is a multipurpose pocket computer designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen - based user interface . It is the successor to the iPod Touch (5th generation), becoming the first major update to the iPod lineup in more than two and a half years . It was released on the online Apple Store on July 15, 2015, along with a new iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle, which received minor upgrades . </P> <P> The sixth - generation iPod touch features iOS, Apple's mobile operating system . The user interface of iOS is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures . Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons . Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its Multi-Touch interface . Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to shaking the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it vertically (one common result is switching from portrait to landscape mode). </P>

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