iOS 17 Compatibility: The iPhones supported by iOS 17

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If you have an iPhone 8 or iPhone X—or even something older—and are excited about the new features in iOS 17, you might want to consider an upgrade to a new iPhone this fall. When the iOS 17 update is released, it will not be possible to install it on the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, or anything older than those iPhones.

In September 2023 those phones turned six years old, so their omission isn’t really surprising. Apple generally supports iPhones up to about five years old with its latest operating systems, and of course, some features require even newer hardware to be supported.

For more advice see: iOS compatibility, the latest version your iPhone can run.

iPhones compatible with iOS 17

Here are the phones with which you’ll be able to use iOS 17.

Phone 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 XS

iPhone XS Max

iPhone XR

iPhone SE(2nd gen or later)

Some features require newer iPhones

Some features require newer hardware. For example, the enhanced autocorrect that uses a new machine learning model and supports in-line corrections and full-sentence completions requires an iPhone 12 or later. Other features require other specific new hardware. For instance, while FaceTime on Apple TV will work with any iPhone that supports iOS 17, it requires a 2nd-generation Apple TV 4K.

What happens to the iPhone X and iPhone 8?

Those iPhones will still be supported by iOS 16, which Apple is likely to maintain for some time with security updates. See How long does Apple support iPhones? for all the information on how Apple supports older iPhones.

However, those phones will miss out on the new features in iOS 17. Find out what the differences are in our comparison of iOS 17 vs iOS 16.

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