{"id":26323,"date":"2024-08-30T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7cc617ad-5687-4013-a3be-7bf41b7393cb1"},"modified":"2024-08-30T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:30:08","slug":"your-iphone-might-not-be-compatible-with-ios-18-here-are-the-eligible-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/your-iphone-might-not-be-compatible-with-ios-18-here-are-the-eligible-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Your iPhone might not be compatible with iOS 18. Here are the eligible devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"iOS 18 is the latest, greatest iPhone operating system -- but it won't be available on every handset.\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/your-iphone-might-not-be-compatible-with-ios-18-here-are-the-eligible-devices.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/your-iphone-might-not-be-compatible-with-ios-18-here-are-the-eligible-devices.png\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\"><span class=\"caption-credit\"> Apple<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When the presumed <span class=\"waslinkname\">iPhone 16 lineup<\/span> is officially announced at the <span class=\"waslinkname\">Apple event<\/span> in just over a week, it will include <span class=\"waslinkname\">iOS 18<\/span>, which Apple already detailed at its developer conference earlier this year. But if you&#8217;re not planning to upgrade to a newer iPhone model this year, you could be left behind with an operating system that&#8217;s no longer supported by Apple.<\/p>\n<p>Generally each year, some older iPhone models are removed from Apple&#8217;s iOS eligibility list. Last year, for instance, the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X were left off the compatibility list. That meant those iPhone owners couldn&#8217;t update to iOS 17 and missed out on some <span class=\"waslinkname\">notable features<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll help you find out if your iPhone will support iOS 18, as well as <span class=\"waslinkname\">Apple Intelligence<\/span>. Not sure what&#8217;s coming with the new update? Here&#8217;s a summary of the <span class=\"waslinkname\">biggest announcements from WWDC<\/span>, including an overview of iOS 18.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"caas-jump-link-heading\" id=\"iphones-compatible-with-ios-18\">iPhones compatible with iOS 18<\/h2>\n<p>We have good news: If you had an eligible phone last year when you updated to iOS 17, that device should still be compatible with iOS 18, <span class=\"waslinkname\">according to Apple<\/span>. That means you won&#8217;t have to buy a new phone to check out most of the new software features.<\/p>\n<p>Put another way, if you have an iPhone from the <span class=\"waslinkname\">2017 model year or earlier<\/span> (iPhone 8 or iPhone X), you can&#8217;t upgrade to the latest iOS, but your phone should continue to work \u2014 albeit without the latest bells and whistles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"caas-jump-link-heading\" id=\"is-your-iphone-compatible-with-apple-intelligence\">Is your iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence?<\/h2>\n<p>While your older device will still be able to support the latest iOS, chances are that you won&#8217;t get to try the Apple Intelligence beta yet. Unless you have an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max \u2014 the top-end 2023 models \u2014 your <span class=\"waslinkname\">iPhone isn&#8217;t eligible<\/span>. It&#8217;s a safe bet that the new iPhone 16 models will be fully Apple Intelligence compatible, but we&#8217;ll have to await the official details at the September 9 event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple When the presumed iPhone 16 lineup is officially announced at the Apple event in just over a week, it will include iOS 18, which Apple already detailed at its developer conference earlier this year. But if you&#8217;re not planning to upgrade to a newer iPhone model this year, you could be left behind with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-26323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26323"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.worldtechguide.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=26323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}