{"id":160559,"date":"2025-09-16T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/160559\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:37:11","slug":"ios-26-heres-the-list-of-iphone-models-compatible-with-the-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/160559\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26: Here\u2019s the list of iPhone models compatible with the update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wwdc-2025-13.21.51.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s next major iPhone software update is here: iOS 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/15\/ios-26-now-available\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released today<\/a>, but not every iPhone is compatible with the new software. Here are the iPhone models that do (and don\u2019t) support iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>Three iPhone models miss out on iOS 26 support<\/p>\n<p>Every year when Apple releases major new software versions, there\u2019s always a chance that older hardware models won\u2019t be supported.<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, iOS 18 was supported by all the same iPhones that could run iOS 17. But this year, there\u2019s a change to model compatibility with iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26 is not supported by:<\/p>\n<p>iPhone XS<\/p>\n<p>iPhone XS Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone XR<\/p>\n<p>These three models are supported by iOS 18, but Apple has dropped them this year in iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>All iPhones compatible with iOS 26<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iphone-17-lineup.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018679\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full list of iPhones that do support iOS 26:<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 17<\/p>\n<p>iPhone Air<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 17 Pro<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16e<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16 and 16 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 15 and 15 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 14 and 14 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 13 and 13 mini<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 12 and 12 mini<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 11<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone SE (2nd gen and newer)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that even if a model technically can run iOS 26, it won\u2019t necessarily get all of its features.<\/p>\n<p>For example, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/19\/apple-intelligence-new-features-in-ios-26-full-list\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">20+ new Apple Intelligence features<\/a> in iOS 26 that are exclusive to newer iPhones. You\u2019ll need at least an iPhone 15 Pro or newer for those improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Is iOS 26 going to motivate you to upgrade to a compatible model? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757826487_344_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757826488_416_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VLdfqA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1018980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09-04-iPhone-17-Series-Grip-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s next major iPhone software update is here: iOS 26 released today, but not every iPhone is compatible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-160559","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\/160559","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=160559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}