 It was released on September 17, 2014.It was confirmed on June 8, 2015 at Apple's WWDC that the iPod Touch 5th generation would support iOS 9.This makes it the first and only iPod touch to support 4 major versions of iOS being iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8 and iOS 9. iOS 9 is said by Apple to feature performance improvements that may help the aging device function more smoothly.