iOS 26 Supported Devices: Which iPhones Will Get Liquid Glass?

During its WWDC 2025 event in June, Apple took the wrappers off of iOS 26. It brings the all new Liquid Glass design with translucent elements on the home/lock screen, icons, apps and across the entire system along with a few additions like live translation and call screening. These features are already part of the developer and public betas, but if you haven't tried them out yet or aren't sure whether the update is available for your iPhone, here's a list of supported iPhones that will run iOS 26. 

iOS 26 Supported iPhones

iOS 26 can run on the Apple A13 Bionic or newer chipsets, meaning the iPhone 11 and all subsequent models will be eligible to download the latest mobile OS. Unfortunately, if you own an iPhone XR or XS, you're out of luck as iOS 18 is the last major update available for your device. That said, here's a list of all the iPhones that will support iOS 26:

Judging by the fate of the iPhone XR and iPhone XS models, it's highly likely that iOS 26 is the last major update you might see on the iPhone 11 series. The device is receiving its sixth major update, having released in 2019 with iOS 13. Both the iPhone 12 series and iPhone SE (2nd generation) may still get the iOS 27 update when it releases next year. 

iOS 26 confirmed features

If you haven't been tracking the latest updates, iOS 26 has a bunch of new features in terms of design and functionality and here are some of the most significant features: 

iOS 26 potential release date

While nothing is official at the moment, recent rumours have pointed out that could schedule a September 9, 2025 event to host the launch of its iPhone 17 lineup. As always, all the upcoming models can be expected to run iOS 26 out-of-the-box, which would mean the next versions of Apple's OSes could all drop on the same day – September 9, 2025. 

Now, keep in mind that this is still a rumour at this point. So, you should just take this with a grain of salt until Apple confirms the date officially. The company usually gives a two-week notice for its upcoming event, so judging by that, we can expect an official date announcement around the last week of August 2025.

If you can't wait until September, then you can install the iOS 26 beta on your iPhone, which is available in both developer and public beta builds. The update is in the final stages of testing, so these builds are pretty close to the stable version at the time.