Apple released iOS 26but if you haven't seen the latest update on your iPhone yet, you might be out of luck. Devices older than the iPhone 11 are out of luck, and you'll have to upgrade to a more decent device before you can try out new features like “Liquid glass” redesign and opportunity block spam calls.
Since iOS 26 requires the power of an A13 Bionic chip or later, some popular older models are unfortunately left behind. iOS 26although they will continue to receive security updates for iOS 18 (or iOS 16). Below you will find out if your iPhone supports iOS 26 update.
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Every iPhone with iOS 26 support
Phones not included on the list this year are the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR.
iPhone 17 will ship with iOS 26.
Please note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all iPhone models.
While all of the above models can run iOS 26, Apple Intelligence requires more powerful hardware. Features like Genmoji, Image Playground and the new Visual Intelligence search only work on:
- iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 models
- iPhone 17 models
If you're using an older device, you'll still get all the design changes and daily updates, but nothing related to Apple Intelligence.
Check this out: iOS 26.1 update fixes alarms and allows you to change liquid glass
Don't know what iPhone model you have?
On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > About and look at the model name. If your phone isn't on the compatibility list, it will receive iOS 18 security patches for a while, but you won't see any of the new iOS 26 features.
