Believe it or not, we’re only six months away from the announcement of iOS 19. Ahead of that launch, rumors began to surface about things like new features in iOS 19, supported devices in charge, etc.
Will your iPhone support iOS 19?
Every year, one of the most important questions is which iPhone models will support the latest iOS update. Turns out there’s good news across the board for iPhone users in 2025. According to the often-reliable folks at iPhoneSoftAll devices supporting iOS 18 will be able to update to iOS 19.
This means that the following devices will support iOS 10 this year:
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS and XS Max
- iPhone11
- iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 and 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 and 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14 and 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15 and 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 and 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
The key context, of course, is that not all of iOS 19’s features will be available on all iPhone models. Some of the most power-hungry features, like Apple Intelligence, will be limited to newer iPhone models.
iOS 19 Features
LLM Siri
According to BloombergOne of the big new features in iOS 19 will be an upgraded version of Siri that leverages Advanced Extended Language Models, or LLMs.
The new Siri will “interact more like a human” and work similarly to other platforms like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. It will also tie into the existing App Intents system in iOS to provide “fine-grained control over third-party apps.” Bloomberg said.
Currently, iOS 18 offers ChatGPT integration as part of Siri and Apple Intelligence. However, Apple’s goal with iOS 19 is to bring this feature in-house and highlight the privacy benefits of its platform over OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
It’s worth noting that while Apple reportedly announced this new LLM Siri as part of iOS 19, the system won’t actually ship until 2026 as part of a later update like iOS 19.4.
Delays
Even as the June announcement of iOS 19 approaches, Apple is still working to complete the rollout of features announced for iOS 18 last year. Some of the most impressive and powerful Apple Intelligence features announced for iOS 18 still haven’t been released and aren’t expected until iOS 18.4 in March.
According to BloombergApple’s ongoing work on iOS 18 development means that a “larger than usual number of features planned for iOS 19” have already been delayed until spring 2026. Indeed, Apple engineers are working still on iOS 18 projects “when they usually would”. already be on the following operating system.
This means that iOS 19 could be missing a number of key features when it releases in September. The missing features would then be added gradually over the next few months as part of iOS 19.1, iOS 19.2, iOS 19.3, and iOS 19.4.
iOS 19 Release Date Timeline
iOS 19 will likely be announced at WWDC in June and will then be available in beta with developers. A public beta for iOS 19 will likely be released in July, followed by a publicly available version in September.
Previous iOS Developer Beta Release Dates:
- iOS 18: June 10, 2024
- iOS 17: June 5, 2023
- iOS 16: June 6, 2022
- iOS 15: June 7, 2021
- iOS 14: June 22, 2020
Earlier iOS Public Beta Release Dates:
- iOS 18: July 15, 2024
- iOS 17: July 12, 2023
- iOS 16: July 11, 2022
- iOS 15: June 30, 2021
- iOS 14: July 9, 2020
Previous official iOS release dates:
- iOS 18: September 16, 2024
- iOS 17: September 18, 2023
- iOS 16: September 16, 2022
- iOS 15: September 20, 2021
- iOS 14: September 16, 2020
Conclude
Do you have any features on your iOS 19 wishlist? Do you hope Apple continues to double down on Apple Intelligence, or would you rather focus on non-AI features?
Let us know in the comments. We’ll keep this guide updated as more iOS 19 rumors emerge ahead of WWDC 2025.
