Joe Rossignol
According to the French website iPhoneSoft.fr, iOS 19 will not stop supporting any iPhone models. The report cites a source within Apple.
The report says iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone running iOS 18, which includes the following models:
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
The oldest devices on this list are the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, all of which were released in September 2018.
Of course, some iOS 19 features won't be available on older iPhone models.
If this report is true, this would mark the second year in a row that Apple hasn't dropped support for any iPhone models with its annual major iOS release. iOS 18 is compatible with the same iPhone models as iOS 17.
iOS 17 dropped support for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.
There's slightly worse news for iPadOS 19, as a report says the update will drop support for the iPad 7 starting in 2019. Luckily, the report says that all other iPad models that can run iPadOS 18 will be compatible with iPadOS 19 next year.
The first betas of iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 are set to be released during WWDC 2025 in June next year, with updates likely to come in September. There aren’t many iOS 19 features yet, but Siri is expected to become more conversational, like ChatGPT, in a later iOS 19.4 update, likely to arrive around March 2026.
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