If you have an iPhone 8 or iPhone X — or even something older — and you’re excited about the new features in iOS 17, you might want to consider an upgrade this fall. When the update is released later this year (likely in September), it will remove support for iPhone 8 and iPhone X which are currently supported by iOS 16.
By then, these phones will be six years old. 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 support.
iPhone compatible with iOS 17
Here are the phones you can use iOS 17 with.
- Telephone 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 generation or later)
Some features require newer iPhones
Of course, some features just require newer hardware than you’ll find in an iPhone XR. Improved autocorrect that uses a new machine learning model and supports inline corrections and full sentences requires an iPhone 12 or later, for example.
Other features require other specific new hardware. For example, while FaceTime on Apple TV will work with any iPhone that supports iOS 17, it requires a 2nd generation Apple TV 4K.
