{"id":278286,"date":"2026-02-03T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278286\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:42:09","slug":"dont-let-your-iphone-8-die-apples-new-update-saves-imessage-until-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278286\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Let Your iPhone 8 Die: Apple\u2019s New Update Saves iMessage Until 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iphone-8-hero.jpg\"><img title=\"iphone 8 hero | iPhone in Canada\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-440834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iphone-8-hero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"848\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has released software updates today for older devices, such as your ancient iPhone 8 and older iPads.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 16.7.14 (20H370)<br \/>\niPadOS 16.7.14 (20H370)<br \/>\nmacOS 11.7.11 (20G1443)<br \/>\nwatchOS 10.6.2 (21U594)<br \/>\nwatchOS 9.6.4 (20U512)<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iphoneincanada.ca\/2026\/01\/26\/apple-drops-ios-26-2-1-and-surprise-updates-for-older-iphones-and-ipads\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">updates come one week after Apple initially released iOS and iPadOS 16.7.13 and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release notes, this is a certificate update so older devices can continue to use iMessage and FaceTime beyond January 2027, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/02\/02\/apple-releases-mac-watch-certificate-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacRumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the devices that suppot iOS 16 and iPadOS 16\u2026<\/p>\n<p>iPhones Supporting iOS 16<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 14 series (all models)<br \/>\niPhone 13 series (all models)<br \/>\niPhone 12 series (all models)<br \/>\niPhone 11 series (all models)<br \/>\niPhone XS, XS Max, and XR<br \/>\niPhone X<br \/>\niPhone 8 and 8 Plus<br \/>\niPhone SE (2nd generation or later)<\/p>\n<p>iPads Supporting iPadOS 16<\/p>\n<p>iPad Pro: All models (including the original 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch)<br \/>\niPad Air: 3rd generation and later<br \/>\niPad: 5th generation and later<br \/>\niPad mini: 5th generation and later<\/p>\n<p>You can update your iPhone and iPad by going to Settings &gt; General &gt; Software Update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has released software updates today for older devices, such as your ancient iPhone 8 and older iPads.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-278286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}