iOS 19 will be unveiled at WWDC25 in June, and according to a private account on X, the new iPhone operating system will not be compatible with the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, or the iPhone XS Max. The account has provided accurate information on device compatibility in the past.
It appears that iOS 19 will be dropping support for the A12 Bionic chip, which powers the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max.
The iPhones expected to have the ability to run iOS 19 are as follows:
- 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 or later)
While the iPhones listed above are expected to support iOS 19, there will likely be advanced features that will only be available on newer iPhones with more advanced processors. As an example, iOS 18’s Apple Intelligence runs only on the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 16 models.
Meanwhile, iPadOS 19 is expected to drop support for the seventh-generation low-cost iPad with A10 Fusion chip.
(Via MacRumors)
