iOS 19 won't drop currently supported devices, but iPadOS 19 will
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While Apple Intelligence dominates the feature list, iOS 19 will be compatible with older iPhones also. A new claim says that any iPhone that can run iOS 18 will also work with iOS 19, but some older iPad models won't get iPadOS 19. French website iPhoneSoft, citing anonymous sources from within Apple, says that any iPhone model that can currently run iOS 18 will also be able to run iOS 19 when it arrives in late 2025.
This includes the iPhone XR from 2018, along with the second-generation iPhone SE from 2020 and later. Here's the full list of compatible iPhone models:. The update will also run on most iPad models from 2018 or later. However, the seventh-generation iPad from 2019, which uses the A10 Fusion chip — and the second-generation iPad Pro from 2017 using the A10X — will not be able to run iPadOS 19, according to the report.
Any more recent iPads are expected to be able to run iPadOS 19. This includes the following models:. Apple typically supports its hardware products with system updates for at least five years, though not all features of a new OS may be supported across all models. In the case of Apple Intelligence features, the company has drawn a clear line in the sand, with only the very latest models of iPhone and any iPad with an M-series chip supporting those features.
That said, every new iteration of iOS and iPadOS have also brought new features, and changes to existing features, not related to Apple Intelligence — and this is expected to be the case for iOS 19 and iPadOS 19. The slow rollout of Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 suggests that iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 may not get many new features that are not tied to Apple Intelligence.
