{"id":298465,"date":"2025-12-04T11:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298465\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:47:13","slug":"need-to-upgrade-to-ios-26-check-and-see-if-your-iphone-is-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298465\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to Upgrade to iOS 26? Check and See if Your iPhone Is Supported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Apple has officially rolled out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/i-tried-ios-26-for-a-month-and-these-3-features-stand-out-the-most\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 26.2<\/a>, but don&#8217;t expect to see that update notification if you&#8217;re holding onto hardware older than the iPhone 11. In fact, you may not have access to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/18-hidden-ios-26-features-you-should-try-right-now\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iOS 26 update<\/a>\u00a0at all. If that&#8217;s the case, it may very well be time to upgrade your phone entirely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Tech Tips\" height=\"617.3049645390072\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">The new software demands the processing power of the A13 Bionic chip, meaning many older popular models have hit their ceiling. While you won&#8217;t get to experience the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/ios-26-vs-ios-18-think-liquid-glass-is-a-dramatic-update-think-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Liquid Glass<\/a>\u00a0redesign or the advanced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/tired-of-spam-calls-this-ios-26-feature-can-stop-them-for-good\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">spam call blocking<\/a>\u00a0without an upgrade, Apple isn&#8217;t abandoning you entirely &#8212; older devices will continue to receive critical security patches for iOS 18 and iOS 16.<\/p>\n<p>But is your device compatible with these updates? We&#8217;ve got everything you need to know below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Add CNET<\/a> as a preferred Google source on Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>  Every iPhone that supports iOS 26  <\/p>\n<p>The phones left off this year&#8217;s list are the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR.  <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"iphone-17-concept\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 17 will come loaded with iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p> Apple\/CNET  Heads-up: Apple Intelligence isn&#8217;t on all iPhone models<\/p>\n<p>While all of the models above can install iOS 26, Apple Intelligence requires beefier hardware. Features such as Genmoji, Image Playground and the new Visual Intelligence search only work on:  <\/p>\n<p>iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro MaxiPhone 16 modelsiPhone 17 models<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on an older device, you&#8217;ll still get all the design changes and everyday updates, but nothing involving Apple Intelligence.  <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" height=\"306\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>Watch this: iOS 26.1 Update Fixes Alarm, Lets You Change Liquid Glass\n      <\/p>\n<p>  06:07    Not sure which iPhone model you own?  <\/p>\n<p>On your iPhone, go to\u00a0Settings &gt; General &gt; About\u00a0and look at Model Name. If your phone isn&#8217;t on the compatibility list, it will keep receiving iOS 18 security patches for a while, but you won&#8217;t see any of iOS 26&#8217;s new features.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has officially rolled out\u00a0iOS 26.2, but don&#8217;t expect to see that update notification if you&#8217;re holding onto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-298465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}