{"id":259278,"date":"2026-05-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/ios-27-is-coming-but-it-wont-be-available-on-every-iphone-heres-the-devices-we-dont-think-will-make-the-cut\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:25:11","slug":"ios-27-is-coming-but-it-wont-be-available-on-every-iphone-heres-the-devices-we-dont-think-will-make-the-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/ios-27-is-coming-but-it-wont-be-available-on-every-iphone-heres-the-devices-we-dont-think-will-make-the-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 is coming, but it won’t be available on every iPhone \u2014 here’s the devices we don’t think will make the cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

iOS 27 is coming, but it won’t be available on every iPhone \u2014 here’s the devices we don’t think will make the cut<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-30 01:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.tomsguide.com<\/a><\/p>\n

WWDC 2026 is fast approaching, and with it will come our first glimpse at iOS 27. The updated operating system will officially arrive around the same time as the iPhone 18 Pro, and will power all the best iPhones money can buy. But there will still be some iPhones that are left behind, stuck running iOS 26 forevermore.<\/p>\n

Apple offers some of the longest software support of any smartphone, but it doesn’t offer indefinite support. There comes a point where older models get left behind and miss out on all the new features and upgrades Apple has developed. This typically happens after six or seven years, though Apple has never imposed any hard-and-fast timelines on when support will officially end.<\/p>\n

We can, however, make a pretty reasonable guess about which phones will be losing support this year. Here’s which iPhones should get the upgrade to iOS 27 and, perhaps more importantly, which ones may not.<\/p>\n

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Last year, it was confirmed that every iPhone up to (and including) the iPhone 11 series would be able to run iOS 26. This means that the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, which were released back in 2018, were losing support, and would be left running on iOS 18. A full list of compatible devices includes:<\/p>\n