iOS 16 will be released tonight for iPhone 8 and above, but it looks like all the features that the latest iteration of iOS offers won’t be available for every supported iPhone model. According to a report, some iOS 16 features will be available for iPhone XS and later, which are powered by Apple’s A12 Bionic chip or newer. While the exact reason for this is unknown, it is highly likely that some features require more processing power than the A11 Bionic chip offers.
According to a report by 9to5Mac, some iOS 16 features are only available for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone SE (2020), iPhone SE (2022), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, and the newly launched iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max . It also mentions that some iOS 16 features are further limited to recent models, such as iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 series.
A few features available for all the phones mentioned above are the Live Text in Videos which works in Photos, Quick Look, Safari and other apps. There are quick actions in Live Text, new languages for Live Text, emoji in texts that can be inserted when sending messages with Siri, and improvements in Visual Look Up
The iOS 16 features that will be available for iPhone 11 and later models include Live Captions, which is only available in English (US) and English (Canada). In addition, iOS 16, exclusive to iPhone 13 models, offers foreground blur in portrait photos and improved quality when shooting in movie mode.
Finally, some iOS 16 features are exclusive to the iPhone 14 models. The first is Cinematic Mode in 4K, which can now record 4K videos at 24fps and 4K at 30fps. There is also a new action mode that significantly reduces vibration, movement and vibration by using the iPhone 14 series sensors.