{"id":152259,"date":"2025-09-12T20:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152259\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:30:08","slug":"can-your-iphone-run-ios-26-see-the-full-list-of-compatible-devices-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152259\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Your iPhone Run iOS 26? See the Full List of Compatible Devices Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\"><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\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iOS 26<\/a> arrives on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/i-was-right-yet-again-ios-26-is-coming-monday-sept-15\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sept. 15<\/a>.\u00a0The newest version of Apple&#8217;s mobile operating system was announced during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news-live\/apple-event-2025-iphone-17-airpods-pro-3-apple-watch-series-11-live-updates\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple&#8217;s September event<\/a>, and it&#8217;ll be available to the general public in just a few days. There are plenty of new updates to look forward to, including the translucent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/does-liquid-glass-make-that-much-of-a-difference-ios-18-vs-ios-26-compared\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Liquid Glass&#8221; look<\/a>, new Apple Intelligence features like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/apples-new-visual-intelligence-function-will-look-up-anything-you-screenshot\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">smarter Visual Intelligence search<\/a>, and even new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/its-about-darn-time-apple-will-finally-screen-your-calls-and-messages\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">built-in call screening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Tech Tips\" height=\"617.3049645390072\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Unfortunately, not everyone will get a chance to test out the new software.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26 requires, at the very least, Apple&#8217;s A13 Bionic chip, so some older devices will get left behind. Not sure where your phone stands? Check the full compatibility list below before you try to download iOS 26.  <\/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 will get 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>When the iPhone 17 is released later this year, it will come loaded with iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p> Apple\/CNET  Heads-up: Apple Intelligence isn&#8217;t for everyone  <\/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: 26 More Things Hidden in iOS 26\n      <\/p>\n<p>  05:27    Not sure which iPhone 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":"iOS 26 arrives on Sept. 15.\u00a0The newest version of Apple&#8217;s mobile operating system was announced during Apple&#8217;s September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-152259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}