Today is anticipated to be one of the busiest WWDC keynotes in Apple history, with the company set to reveal a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to its operating systems. Apple is set to release iOS 18, which will have enhanced AI integrations in Siri, generative AI capabilities in Photos and Messages, and adjustments to its Health, Calendar, and Calculator apps newest version of the smartphone software, for the iPhone.
But Apple ends support for one or two older iPhone models with each new release of iOS, which signifies the end of the devices’ software lifecycle. This blog post will let you know which iPhone models will get Apple’s iOS 18. Since they might need the processing power of an A17 Pro chipset or higher, we already anticipate that the majority of the newest AI functions will only be available on the iPhone 15 Pro and later versions.
Here is a list of compatible iPhone models, however, along with almost all other benefits of the most recent operating system version.
Which iPhone models will get Apple’s iOS 18?
When iOS 18 is released, the following iPhone models will receive it, according to MacRumors:
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
Notably absent from the list is the once-popular iPhone X model. This year, more outdated gadgets like the iPhone 8 series were also excluded. In terms of upcoming releases, Apple is anticipated to reveal the iPhone 16 series along with iOS 18 in September, most likely utilizing new A18 chips.
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When will iOS 18 be released?
After WWDC, Apple usually makes its new operating systems available for public beta testing a few weeks later. By July, we anticipate that iOS 18 will be accessible in public beta.
Users can test newly developed software to identify defects and performance issues through the public beta program. Software teams do this in order to provide any necessary updates and patches prior to the new system’s general availability.
This autumn, after Apple’s September iPhone event—during which the firm presumably announces new models and other hardware—iOS 18 will probably be fully released.
