Apple iOS 26 adapter model announced XR is not available for iPhone 11

Apple iOS 26 system was announced at the WWDC 2025 conference held today. This is the largest update on Apple's system in recent years. Apple not only uses a brand new naming method, but also has a new design style of "liquid glass", and has also added more dynamic light effects to the system.

The new design interface also puts forward higher requirements for the performance of the mobile phone, which leads to changes in the model adaptation of the iOS 26 system.

Apple has announced the adaptation of the iOS 26 system. Compared with the iOS 18 system, the three iPhone XR/iPhone XS/iPhone XS Max models are not subject to the new system and will always stay in the iOS 18 version system. The iPhone 11 series has been successfully launched, and users who are still using the phone can consider fighting for another year; in the iPhone SE series, the second-generation SE and subsequent models have been successfully adapted to the new system. In short, iPhone 11 and iPhone SE2 are the thresholds for the adaptation of iOS 26 system. Mobile phones after these two models can be upgraded to iOS 26 system.

iOS 26 system specific adapter models are as follows:

iPhone 16e

iPhone 16 Pro/16 Pro Max

iPhone 16/16 Plus

iPhone 15 Pro/15 Pro Max

iPhone 15/15 Plus

iPhone 14 Pro/14 Pro Max

iPhone 14/14 Plus

iPhone 13 Pro/13 Pro Max

iPhone 13/13 mini

iPhone 12 Pro/12 Pro Max

iPhone 12/12 mini