Does your iPhone support iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence? What you need to know

At today’s Apple event “Glowtime,” where the iPhone 16 series and Apple Watch Series 10 were announced, the company also announced the release date for iOS 18 – September 16.

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With iOS 18, your iPhone gets a host of new features, including the ability to fully customize your Home screen and Control Center, lock and hide apps, access the redesigned Photos app, and take advantage of Apple Intelligence—Apple’s new AI system for iPhone and other devices.

But does your iPhone support iOS 18? And even if it does, does it support Apple Intelligence features? Here’s everything you need to know. And if you want to test iOS 18 before it’s officially released, you can download the iOS 18 developer beta as well as the iOS 18 public beta right now.

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Which phones support iOS 18?

As for iOS 18, you’ll be happy to hear that any iPhone model that currently supports iOS 17 will also support iOS 18. If you’re currently using iOS 17, you can definitely upgrade to iOS 18. Here’s the full list of iPhone models that will support iOS 18:

But will my iPhone support Apple Intelligence?

Apple Intelligence, Apple’s generative AI system for your iPhone, is a key aspect of iOS 18. Apple Intelligence will be released to the general public as a beta next month with iOS 18.1. It’s currently available in the iOS 18.1 developer beta.

Apple Intelligence lets you quickly summarize text in Safari, create personalized images in Messages, and ask Siri to perform more complex tasks than ever before — but Apple Intelligence won’t be available on every iPhone.

Only a few selected iPhone models support Apple Intelligence:

Apple Intelligence will also be available on iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1. It only works on iPad and Mac models with M1 and later.

The two iPhone 15 Pro models are the only older models that support Apple Intelligence, as they both have the A17 Pro processor.