Apple has officially unveiled iOS 26 with many exciting new features, an unexpected name change, and a groundbreaking visual redesign. And, as expected, the official list of iPhones compatible with iOS 26 has also been released, confirming which models will continue to receive updates for another year.
Last year, iOS 18 didn’t leave any iPhone models behind. All devices that were already compatible with iOS 17 were able to update to iOS 18 without problems. However, in previous versions, Apple had left some models behind, as happened with iOS 17, which left the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus unsupported.
Official list of iPhones compatible with iOS 26
This year, there were doubts about the future of the models launched in 2018. Many rumors pointed out that the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max would no longer be compatible with iOS 26. Finally, Apple has revealed that these three iPhone models will not be able to update to iOS 26. So this is the complete list of iPhones compatible with iOS 26:
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone SE (2022)
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone SE (2020)
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11
Additionally, Apple Intelligence features will remain exclusive to models with the A17 Pro chip or later. That means all iPhone 16 models, the iPhone 15 Pro, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max. This was already happening in iOS 18, so it’s no surprise.
