Apple drops support for 16 older devices across macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS 27
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Ryan Christoffel
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Apple's OS 27 software lineup (iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27) drops support for 16 older products. While iOS 27 maintains compatibility with the same iPhones as iOS 26, all other platforms remove support for multiple legacy devices. The article lists the 16 discontinued products across Apple's software ecosystem.
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· 3 pulledEvery year, Apple's new software versions tend to drop compatibility with a handful of old devices.
But for the OS 27 lineup, there's an especially big group of dropped products—especially considering the iPhone was spared.
iOS 27 is compatible with all the same iPhones as last year's iOS 26, but almost every other software platform drops multiple devices this year.
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