What to Expect from iOS 19: All the Rumors So Far

Joe Rossignol

iOS 19 isn't expected to be announced until June 2025, but information about the software update is already starting to emerge.

Here are the biggest iOS 19 rumors so far.

More GPT-like Siri chat

iOS 19 will feature a “more conversational Siri” powered by “more advanced large language models,” according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He said the update will make Siri more like OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to “handle more complex queries.”

Apple will likely unveil the updated Siri when it unveils iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 next June, but Gurman said it won't be available until spring 2026, suggesting the feature will be released as part of the iOS 19.4 update.

In the meantime, iOS 18.2 added ChatGPT integration to Siri, and Gurman expects Google's Gemini integration to follow in a later update. And with iOS 18.4, Siri will gain screen awareness, deeper per-app controls, and a few other improvements, but it still won't offer full conversational capabilities like ChatGPT directly.

Delayed Features

Gurman said some other features have been “delayed” until iOS 19.4.

“I'm told that more than the usual number of features planned for iOS 19 (beyond the new Siri) have already been delayed until spring 2026 (when iOS 19.4 debuts),” he said.

He did not provide any specific details about the features that are being delayed.

Gurman attributed the delay to the gradual rollout of Apple Intelligence features between iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.4, which prevents some Apple software engineers from moving on to iOS 19 development. In line with this information, an unnamed source at Apple told the French website iPhoneSoft.fr that they are still working on iOS 18 development.

Compatible iPhones

According to the French website iPhoneSoft.fr, iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone that can run iOS 18, which means 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, 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 major annual 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.