Apple informed developers today of an upcoming update to the minimum Software Development Kit (SDK) requirements for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS apps. Here are the details.
Apple has published a new post in its Developer News portal, informing developers that starting April 28, 2026, apps submitted to the App Store must meet Apple’s new minimum SDK requirements.
Here’s Apple:
Starting April 28, 2026, apps and games uploaded to App Store Connect need to meet the following minimum requirements: iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 26 & iPadOS 26 SDK or later
tvOS apps must be built with the tvOS 26 SDK or later
visionOS apps must be built with the visionOS 26 SDK or later
watchOS apps must be built with the watchOS 26 SDK or later
In practice, this also means that developers will need to build their apps using Xcode 26 or later.
What does this mean for users?
Whenever Apple releases a major OS version, like iOS 26, it also releases the iOS 26 SDK, which includes updated APIs, frameworks, and resources built to run on the new system.
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