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While Google and Samsung and other Android phone makers make huge pronouncements about for how long their handsets will get OS updates, Apple does not use the exact same assurances. No matter– a brand-new report declares that iOS 19 will support the very same phones as iOS 18– extending the life span of the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max for an unbelievable 7 years.
When iOS 17 dropped assistance for the iPhone X, it appeared that being successful designs would do the same. IOS 18 kept assistance for the very same phones (XR/XS and later on) in spite of introducing the spec-demanding Apple Intelligence. Now a brand-new report declares that iOS 19 will have the exact same compatibility list, an amazing 2 years because the last iPhone design was dropped.
The report originates from the French-language website iPhoneSoft, which has a strong performance history for compatibility forecasts. If precise, it implies the iPhone XS/XS/XS Max will acquire OS updates till a minimum of August 2025, almost 8 years after it released in September 2018. Include an additional year of security updates when complete assistance is dropped and you’re taking a look at almost a years of updates for a $749 phone.
iPhoneSoft likewise reports that Apple will drop assistance for the 7th-gen iPad, which was launched in 2019. That design runs an A10 Fusion processor, which is 2 generations older than the A12 Bionic in the iPhone XR. We do not anticipate Apple Intelligence requirements to alter with iOS 19.
Apple is anticipated to sneak peek iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in June before launching the upgrade to the general public in September.
Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor, Macworld
Michael Simon has actually been covering Apple for more than twenty years. He began covering reports with Spymac when the iPod was the iWalk, and has actually owned almost every iPhone Apple has actually ever made. He resides in Connecticut with his better half, boy, and far a lot of devices.
