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Apple won’t drop help for any of its older iPhones with iOS 19. The following large iOS replace will purportedly help the identical units as iOS 18.
Nevertheless, iPadOS 19 will supposedly not be suitable with Seventh-gen iPad.
iOS 19 might work with iPhone XS and iPhone XR
Though iOS 18 launched Apple Intelligence and lots of different main adjustments, the OS remained suitable with all iOS 17-supported units.
Apple seemingly plans to comply with the identical technique with subsequent 12 months’s iOS 19. An iPhoneSoft report claims all iPhones at present operating iOS 18 will obtain the replace. This implies Apple’s subsequent large iOS launch—because of launch in September 2025—will work with the 2018-launched iPhone XS and iPhone XR.
Do observe that even when iOS 19 lands on older iPhones, they could not achieve entry to all the brand new options. Some options, particularly these leveraging Apple Intelligence, could be unique to the iPhone 15 Professional and newer fashions.
iPadOS 19 would possibly drop help for older iPads
With iPadOS 18, Apple stopped supporting A10(X)-powered iPad Professional and Sixth-generation iPad. Surprisingly, the corporate retained compatibility for the 2019 Seventh-generation iPad regardless of utilizing an A10 chip. However with 2025’s iPadOS 19 replace, Apple will supposedly drop help for the mannequin.
The change would imply that iPadOS 19 will solely work with iPads utilizing an A12 or newer chip. Once more, like on iPhones, older iPads won’t achieve entry to all the brand new iPadOS 19 options, particularly these associated to Apple Intelligence.
Based mostly on its common timeline, Apple ought to showcase all of the iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 options at its annual developer convention, WWDC, in June 2025. Following just a few months of beta testing, the OSes ought to launch for the general public alongside new iPhones in September.
As of now, experiences solely counsel that Apple might delay some large iOS 19 options till spring 2026. Apparently, iOS 18’s delayed characteristic rollout is impacting iOS 19’s improvement.
