These Apple Devices Won't Get Software Updates Anymore

During its WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple announced a ton of great features for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and watchOS 26—but not all Apple devices are coming along for the ride. While the company has a great track record for supporting devices for years, some devices won't be getting any of these updates. Here's a quick list for you to check if your devices will continue to receive updates beyond this fall.

Three iPhones didn't make the iOS 26 cut

It's a good thing that I gave away my old iPhone XS Max earlier this year, because it's one of the following three iPhones which do not support iOS 26:

• iPhone XR

• iPhone XS

• iPhone XS Max

One iPad won't be getting iPadOS 26

On the iPad front, the news is mostly good, except for those who are still holding onto the iPad (7th Gen). That tablet won't be getting iPadOS 26, but all other devices running iPadOS 18 will receive the OS upgrade this fall.

Almost all Intel Macs are being left behind

The gradual cull of the Intel Macs continues. Apple is dropping many of them for macOS Tahoe, including:

• MacBook Air (2020, Intel)

• MacBook Pro (2018, all models)

• MacBook Pro (2019, 13-inch and 15-inch models)

• MacBook Pro (2020, Intel, 2 Thunderbolt ports)

• Mac mini (2018)

• iMac (2019)

• iMac Pro (2017)

Curiously, macOS Tahoe does support the 2020 MacBook Pro with four Thunderbolt ports, which is sad news for the owners of the model with two ports. Apple doesn't explain why it's only continuing to support the four-port models, but I doubt it's because of the extra ports. It looks like the two-port models shipped with an 8th-gen 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, while the four-port came with a 10th-gen 2.0GHz quad‑core Intel Core i5. While you could configure the two-port with a faster processor, it was still an 8th-gen, which I suspect is the reason Apple is dropping it for Tahoe.

Apple isn't dropping support for any watches this year

Fortunately, it looks like all Apple Watch models compatible with watchOS 11 are getting upgraded to watchOS 16. While the devices mentioned above won't get upgraded to the newest software versions, Apple may issue security updates or minor software updates from time to time.