iOS 26 compatibility: Which iPhones get the update, which don't

Each year, Apple draws a quiet but consequential line through its installed base — those whose devices will carry the future forward, and those who will remain where they are. iOS 26 continues this ritual, arriving with one of the more substantial visual reinventions in recent memory, available to iPhones modern enough to bear its weight. The update is not yet here, but its shape is known, and the public beta will soon offer early glimpses to those willing to live on the edge of the unfinished.