In this 2025, Apple It surprised the technological world during its annual developer conference Official IOS 26 giftThe next version of its flagship operating system for the iPhone. This announcement noted the double milestone: not only implies the greatest visual rethinking over the years, but also is a numbering jump because Apple decided to move from iOS 18 directly to iOS 26.
Although the exact upgrade date has not yet been revealed, Apple has confirmed that the deployment will start in the fall of the northern hemisphere (spring in the south), which will coincide with the launch of the new generation of iPhone.
With the launch of the iOS 26 Apple will leave multiple devices from the update. Models that will not be able to install a new version of the operating system and will remain in iOS 18, are:
- iPhone Xs
- iPhone Xs Max
- iPhone XR
These teams, launched in 2018, will be excluded from features, updated design and improvements that iOS 26. Even the old devices no longer receive Apple’s official support.
The list of iOS 26 device installations since 2019. Next iPhone users will be able to enjoy updates and all their novelties:
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- 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 SE (2nd generation and later)
All cited models will receive full support for iOS 26, including new design, artificial intelligence and updated applications.
It seems iOS 26 will be more than a simple software update. Apple has chosen the transition from a transition from iOS 18 directly to iOS 26 and fully update your user experience.
With the introduction of the “liquid glass” aesthetics, the operating system looks like icons and more fluid and transparent screens, which gives the iPhone a fully updated look.
At the heart of this version, artificial intelligence prevails under the Apple Intelligence umbrella. Some of the novelties that advance this technology include:
- Review call: The phone identifies and shows who is calling and why, even automatically responding to unknown numbers.
- Filtering undesirable calls (spam): Less interruptions thanks to advanced filters.
- Waiting assistant: The iPhone retains the user’s location in the telephone rows and warns when there is an agent.
- Group chats with personalized surveys and means: Improvements that equate experience to other messaging applications.
- Smart cards: Waiting for delay and studying ordinary routes.
Not only performance attracts attention in iOS 26. News include:
- Apple Music: The new Automix feature for mixing topics such as di -j and translating letters in real time.
- Games: Exclusive app to know problems, news and connect mobile game fans.
- Apple’s wallet: Luggage tracking, airport cards and real -time update.
