The iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPhone 5s will all be left behind in iOS 12. They won’t get iOS 13.
While there is hope that Apple will release iOS 13 for aging iPhone models, the company confirmed the bad news in its iOS 13 announcements today.
By companyThe new software features of iOS 13 will be available this fall “as a free software update for iPhone 6s and later.”
This means that the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be left behind in the final version of iOS 12. Apple is currently testing iOS 12.4 and will likely be one of them. most Latest version of iOS 12 for iPhone.
It could also be the final version of iOS 12 for iPad, as the company is porting its tablets to a new operating system called iPadOS later this year.
This move includes upgrades to Dark Mode, Messages app, and Apple’s iOS 13 version of iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus (and iPads older than iPad Air 2, iPad 5th generation, and iPad mini 4). It means that it will miss its core features. New swipe-based keyboard called QuickPath.
This also means iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners won’t be able to use Apple’s upcoming watchOS 6 upgrade for the Apple Watch, which will be released later this year alongside iOS 13. Apple says watchOS 6 is only compatible with iPhone 6s and later.
Apple says the final version of iOS 13 will arrive this fall, after a long beta period. The company is expected to launch new 2019 iPhone models with the iOS 13 update in September.
In addition to iOS 13, Apple’s 2019 iPhones are said to feature new cameras, various design changes, improved LTE and Wi-Fi, and battery life improvements.
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