Apple’s next major iPhone software update is iOS 26, but not every iPhone will be compatible with the new software. Here are the iPhone models that will (and won’t) be supported by iOS 26 when it launches this fall.
Three iPhone models miss out on iOS 26 support
Every year when Apple unveils new software releases, there’s always a chance that older hardware models won’t be supported.
Most recently, iOS 18 was supported by all the same iPhones that could run iOS 17. But this year, there’s a change to model compatibility with iOS 26.
iOS 26 will not be supported by:
iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max
iPhone XR
These three models are supported by iOS 18, but Apple has dropped them this year in iOS 26.
All iPhones compatible with iOS 26
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