We’ll solely discover out which units will now not obtain the subsequent main model of iOS at Apple’s developer convention WWDC on 10 June.
That is the place the corporate will present new iOS 18 options for the primary time and begin the beta section earlier than the replace is rolled out, possible alongside the iPhone 16 vary later this 12 months.
These iPhones will obtain the iOS 18 replace
The next iPhone fashions are anticipated to be suitable:
Apple has offered most iPhones with updates for round 5 – 6 years. The iPhone XR and iPhone XS/XS Max are on the restrict this 12 months. Nonetheless, there’s a good probability that these fashions may even obtain the replace to iOS 18, because the Neural Engine of the built-in A12 chip is highly effective sufficient for many options of the present iOS variations.
There are actually rumours concerning the more and more possible AI capabilities of iOS 18: Apple needs to run a lot of the primary duties for the revised Siri on the iPhone. This poses new challenges for the {hardware} within the system.
Apparently, solely the brand new A17 Professional chip is highly effective sufficient to deal with such duties. Even the present iPhone 15 and 15 Plus with the A16 Bionic will most likely fall by the wayside and solely obtain the common iOS capabilities and nothing that may be described as generative AI.
Nonetheless, it’s encouraging that Apple is unlikely to take away any iPhones from the compatibility record this 12 months. The oldest ones, the iPhone XR and iPhone XS from 2018, will most likely be equipped with iOS 18 in September. Nonetheless, it’s potential that these and different older smartphones, such because the iPhone 11, will lack a lot of the new options as a result of {hardware} restrictions.
In 2023, the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X have been faraway from the help record. Each units have been launched in 2017, that means Apple had up to date these fashions for a full six years, similar to the iPhone 7 and seven Plus earlier than it.
Solely the iPhone 6S, 6S Plus and the primary iPhone SE have benefitted from a full seven years of software program updates.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and tailored from German.