Due to a usually-reliable tip off from iPhoneSoft, we could already know gadget compatibility for Apple’s subsequent main working system updates coming subsequent yr.
The report says that each iPhone mannequin that at present helps iOS 18 may even help iOS 19, though like yearly, some options could also be restricted to newer telephones. Nonetheless, which means one other yr of help for iPhones as previous because the iPhone XS and XR, first launched in 2018.
Nevertheless, some iPad fashions can be cutoff from updating to iPadOS 19.
The A10 powered iPad (seventh era, launched 2019) will apparently not have the ability to replace to iPadOS 19. It will carry the minimal processor spec for iPadOS as much as the A12 chip. In any other case, all different iPad homeowners can breathe an indication of reduction as they are going to seemingly be getting one other full yr of free iPad software program updates with new options.
iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 are anticipated to be previewed in developer beginning in June 2025, with a public launch round September 2025. They’ll subsequently stay ‘present’ till September 2026.
It isn’t clear but what options iOS 19 will embrace. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has already prompt that extended work on iOS 18 options has delayed the iOS 19 schedule somewhat. iPhoneSoft signifies iOS 19 could also be a smaller replace by way of main new options, too.
There may be additionally the query of ongoing Apple Intelligence updates. If most of the new options within the new OS would require Apple Intelligence, then the efficient supported {hardware} cutoff is rather more current.
It could even appear untimely to be excited about iOS 19 when a number of high-profile options promised for iOS 18 are but to ship, and even seem within the developer beta channel. That features AI options like Precedence Notifications on the lock display, App Intents powered in-app actions, private context understanding and on-screen consciousness for Siri.
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