Apple releasediOS 18 , the next iteration of itsiPhone operating system , on Monday , September 16 . The new update will bring exciting features like Apple Intelligence , customization capableness , animated text in Messages , and plenty of other improvements and tweaks . But , will your iPhone support iOS 18 and will it be able to utilize all the new features ? Here ’s a template to what you should expect if you want to upgrade to iOS 18 .
iPhone compatible with iOS 18
Here are the iPhones that Apple will bear out iOS 18 :
The features that require newer iPhones
Dominik Tomaszewski
While most of the new features Apple bring to iOS 18 will work on all iPhones , there are special ones that have hardware requisite that mean they will only be available on certain poser . Here are the features that will only be supported on newer devices .
Apple Intelligence
Apple ’s young AI capableness might grab the headlines , but the hardware demand mean that it will only be available for a smattering of iPhones . These are the example that will be able to supportApple Intelligence :
Live Audio Transcription
This feature allows you to record preeminence and have your iPhone turn the speech into text you may use afterward . The feature article will only be available for iPhone 12 or later devices . This means if you have any of the iPhone 11 , XR , XS or SE range then you wo n’t be able to use this capability .
Accessibility Eye Tracking
This telling fresh addition in iOS 18 let user to master their iPhone just with eye crusade . It ’s usable on iPhone 12 and late models including iPhone SE ( 3rd Gen ) , but wo n’t be keep going on any of the iPhone 11 , XR , XS range .
Accessibility Music Haptics
Another approachability feature coming in iOS 18 is Music Haptics , which uses the iPhone ’s Taptic Engine to tap along to the beat of the medicine that ’s bet , so hearing - impaired users can still enjoy the beat . It ’s available on all iPhone 12 poser and later on , but again if you have any of the iPhone 11 , XR , XS or SE range then you wo n’t be able to use this feature .
iPhones that have iOS 17, but won’t get iOS 18
Apple does an amazing chore of keeping old iPhones on the up-to-the-minute software and that continue with iOS 18 . If your current iPhone has iOS 17 then it will also be get iOS 18 , simple as that . Obviously , as you may see from the section above , you might not get all the nerveless new feature , but there will still be plenty to research in the a la mode acclivity .
To see what Apple has in computer storage , take a look at ouriOS 18 vs iOS 17comparison guide . For other iOS version see ouriOS compatibility checker .
