- A new report states that iOS 15 does not support iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad (5th generation), iPad mini 4 or iPad Air 2.
- IOS 14 supports all iOS 13 devices, but reports suggest that iOS 15 will no longer support devices with A9 or earlier chips.
- Apple may occasionally update iOS 14 in the future to keep unsupported devices safe.
Apple does as good a job as any smartphone manufacturer when it comes to supporting its devices years after launch, but it cannot support every iPhone forever. Therefore, each new version of iOS generally ends support for at least one older iPhone model and it looks like two may be in the process of being cut in 2021.
This week, French website iPhoneSoft reported that an Apple developer shared the list of devices that will be supported by the iOS 15 beta when it arrives next June at WWDC 2021. If the information iPhoneSoft received is correct, Apple will no longer support all devices that use an A9 or earlier chip, which includes the iPhone 6s. Although the iPhone 6s is more than six years old, it is still one of the best selling devices in the resale markets.
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According iPhoneSoft, these are the iPhones and iPads that iOS 15 will not support when it launches this fall:
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad mini 4
- iPad Air 2
In the meantime, these are all iPhones and iPads that will be able to run iOS 15 when it arrives later this year:
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPod touch (7th generation)
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (4th generation)
- 11-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation)
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation)
- 11-inch iPad Pro (1st generation)
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation)
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st generation)
- iPad Pro 10.5 inch
- 9.7-inch iPad Pro
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
Notably, despite all the additions and improvements, iOS 14 supported all the same devices as iOS 13, extending the life of several older devices by at least another year. Given that the list above is accurate, the same will not happen with the next major update, as two of the most popular old models of the iPhone join their predecessors as the Apple smartphone line continues to grow. That said, just because the iPhone 6s and iPhone SE won’t be able to run iOS 15, it doesn’t mean they’ll never receive another update. A few days ago, Apple released iOS 12.5.1 to bring COVID-19 exposure notifications to the iPhone 6, iPhone 5s and some old iPad models. 6s and SE are likely to receive similar treatment.
Jacob started covering video games and technology in college as a hobby, but it quickly became clear to him that this was what he wanted to do for a living. He currently lives in New York writing for BGR. His previously published work can be found on TechHive, VentureBeat and Game Rant.