But the big question on a lot of people’s minds will be, will their current hardware run iOS 15 and iPadOS 15? Well, here’s some good news for you. If your hardware runs iOS 14 or iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to run iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. Must read: I just found my lost AirTag… you’ll never guess where it went There had been some very convincing rumors circulating that Apple would drop support for the A9 processor, but it seems that it has been given a reprieve for a year. What does this mean? It means that the following iPhones will run iOS 15:
iPhone 12 / 12 mini / 12 Pro / 12 Pro MaxiPhone 11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro MaxiPhone XS / XS MaxiPhone XRiPhone XiPhone 8 / 8 PlusiPhone 7 / 7 PlusiPhone 6s / 6s PlusiPhone SE (1st generation)iPhone SE (2nd generation)iPod touch (7th generation)
On the iPad front, the following iPads will all get iPadOS 15:
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation)iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st generation)iPad Pro 10.5-inchiPad Pro 9.7-inchiPad (8th generation)iPad (7th generation)iPad (6th generation)iPad (5th generation)iPad mini (5th generation)iPad mini 4iPad Air (4th generation)iPad Air (3rd generation)iPad Air 2
The same pattern holds true for watchOS 8, with every device capable of supporting the current watchOS 7 surviving another year:
Apple Watch Series 3Apple Watch Series 4Apple Watch Series 5Apple Watch SEApple Watch Series 6
Not all models will get all the features, and it’s unclear what the performance will be like, but Apple is keen not to allow hardware to fall out of the ecosystem. Mac users are, unfortunately, not so lucky, with some currently supported Macs losing support come macOS Monterey.
