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Apple released urgent iOS updates, including iOS 12.5.8 for older iPhones, after emergency-call issues in Australia and a 2027 certificate deadline.
That’s not as cataclysmic a dropoff as Statcounter’s data suggests, even before considering other mitigating factors—iOS 26 dropped support for 2018’s iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, for example, while iOS 18 ran on every iPhone that could run iOS 17.
Apple has urged users of iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and other older devices to update immediately to maintain access to iMessage, FaceTime, and essential activation features beyond027.The new updates, iOS 12.