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In abstract:
- Tech Advisor experiences that 16 Apple units will lose software program help with upcoming OS updates, together with 5 Apple Watch fashions and several other iPad variants.
- Notable casualties embody Apple Watch Sequence 6-8, SE 2, Extremely 1, all Intel Macs for macOS 27, and older Apple TV fashions from 2015-2017.
- iPadOS 27 requires A14 or M1 chips whereas iPhones keep compatibility, marking an unusually massive variety of latest units being dropped from help.
The following variations of Apple’s working programs, which the corporate unveiled at WWDC 2026, are due in mid-September. As soon as once more, some units are being dropped from the compatibility checklist, though this 12 months is sort of uncommon: while there are not any adjustments for the iPhone in comparison with iOS 26, an unusually massive variety of Apple Watches and iPads are being dropped.
First, the excellent news: for those who personal an iPhone presently working iOS 26, it would additionally obtain iOS 27. So, except your iPhone is actually falling aside, you possibly can wait one other 12 months earlier than upgrading. The identical applies to the HomePod. While this is applicable to iOS 27 as an entire, there are, as at all times, restrictions in terms of particular person options. This time, it primarily issues the improved options of Apple Intelligence.
Intel Macs are being phased out
A turning level is on the horizon for the Mac, although Apple has already introduced this upfront: all Intel Macs will not obtain macOS 27 Golden Gate. Nevertheless, solely 4 units are affected, such because the 16-inch MacBook Professional from 2019 (full checklist beneath). Some older Intel Macs have been already excluded from receiving macOS 26 Tahoe final 12 months.
As for the iPad, a complete of 5 fashions are affected, as iPadOS 27 raises the system necessities from the A12 to the A14 or M1 chip. Particularly, this 12 months’s checklist excludes each sizes of the 2018 iPad Professional in addition to Air, mini and normal iPad fashions (checklist beneath).
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Apple Watches & extra
The largest reduce, nevertheless, impacts the Apple Watch, which has at all times bought off comparatively evenly lately – presumably as a result of an absence of groundbreaking, resource-intensive options. Amongst these affected are fashions which can be solely 4 years previous – extremely uncommon for Apple’s smartwatch.
This 12 months, a complete of 5 fashions are being phased out: the Apple Watch Sequence 6 from 2020, the Apple Watch Sequence 7 from 2021, the Apple Watch Sequence 8 from 2022, the Apple Watch SE 2 from 2022 and the Apple Watch Extremely 1 from 2022 is not going to obtain watchOS 27 – a complete of three generations in a single fell swoop.
The Apple Watch Sequence 9 was additionally included on this checklist to start with, nevertheless it turned out to be a mistake.
Final however not least, two Apple TV fashions are being dropped from the checklist: the 2015 Apple TV HD after eleven years and the 2017 Apple TV 4K 1 after 9 years of service. The one two Apple TV fashions to obtain tvOS 27 are due to this fact the final two generations of the Apple TV 4K: the 2021 mannequin and the 2022 mannequin, which continues to be the present mannequin.
Right here’s the complete checklist of Apple units shedding software program help from September 2026:
macOS 27 Golden Gate
- MacBook Professional 16-inch (2019)
- Mac Professional (2019)
- MacBook Professional 13-inch (2020)
- iMac (2020)
iPadOS 27
- iPad Air 3 (2019)
- iPad Professional 3 12.9-inch (2018)
- iPad Professional 1 (2018)
- iPad 8 (2020)
- iPad Mini 5 (2019)
watchOS 27
- Apple Watch Sequence 6 (2020)
- Apple Watch Sequence 7 (2021)
- Apple Watch Sequence 8 (2022)
- Apple Watch Extremely 1 (2022)
- Apple Watch SE 2 (2022)
tvOS 27
- Apple TV HD (2015)
- Apple TV 4K (2017)
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and tailored from German.