iOS 17 won’t be coming to iPhone X, iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus

If you have an iPhone that launched in 2018 or later, then you will be getting iOS 17 when it arrives in a few months time. While we don’t know exactly when the new software will launch, just that it will arrive this fall. The new software usually arrives around the same time as a new iPhone.

The iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X aren’t getting iOS 17

That makes the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR the oldest devices that will be eligible for iOS 17 when it becomes available this fall, but that doesn’t mean they’ll get every new feature. Every phone that’s eligible for iOS 17 will get the biggies: the new design-driven contact cards,