Apple’s next OS rollout skips several legacy devices.
At WWDC next week Apple will unveil iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27. The company’s official compatibility page lists only iPhone X and newer, iPad Pro 2020 and newer, and Mac models from 2018 onward as supported. Devices such as iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4 and MacBook Air models released before 2018 are absent from the list.
The cut means owners of those devices will miss out on new features, security updates and app compatibility. Developers will also need to target a narrower hardware baseline, which could simplify testing but reduces the reach of their apps.
Apple has not offered a timeline for security patches on the excluded hardware, leaving users to decide whether to upgrade or replace their devices.