Will iPhone 7 support iOS 16?

You should have minimum 3 GB RAM to run IOS 16

An iPhone 7 cannot be updated beyond iOS 15.8. It doesn't have the hardware needed to run anything higher.

And it will not come if you are asking about updating to iOS 16.

Because iOS 16 uses hardware features that are not available in an iPhone 7.

Hello ~ The iPhone 7 doesn’t have the hardware necessary to run iOS 16. If you require iOS you will need a newer model iPhone. You may update your iPhone 7 to iOS 15.7.6.

~Katana-San~

I think it can run iOS 16 but that will be the last major iOS update for the device.

No, it can't.

Coopsneedshelp wrote:

I think it can run iOS 16 but that will be the last major iOS update for the device.

iOS 15 is the last major iOS update for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

About iOS 15 Updates - Apple Support

azamat50 wrote:

ios 16 need please!

NO. Not possible. Buy a newer iPhone if you need iOS 16.

edu192 wrote:

Why iPhone 7 didn’t use iOS 16

If you're not satisfied with the answer here – that it doesn't have the hardware needed to run iOS 16 well, you can contact Apple and ask them "Why".

As a practical matter, the phone doesn't support iOS 16 – and never will – whether this thread, or Apple Support, answer the "Why" question to your satisfaction, or not.

Spikeyedub wrote:

I don’t recommend updating your IOS anymore, it will just slow down your phone

This thread is a year old. I’d hope that OP has gotten their answer by now, but then we’re still here and answering the same question a year on.

In performance terms, iPhone 7 with A10 (2016-era two performance two efficiency cores (2P2E) with 2 GB memory) with ~757 / ~967 performance ratings as compared with, say, the iPhone XS and iPhone XR with A12 (2P4E with 4 GB) with ~1300 / ~2234.

In comparative terms, iPhone 7 has half the memory and half the single-core performance of the oldest iPhone models supported with iOS 17. Newer iPhone models are yet more capable.

Per this thread, an iPhone 7 isn’t getting updates past iOS 15, so any updates are likely for security issues. Which I would apply.

SamuelTop wrote:

Nothing update

If your iPhone 7 is running the latest release of iOS 15, there are no further updates for it.

The latest release of iOS 15 – iOS 15.8.1 – came out just a week ago. The one before it – iOS 15.8 – came out at the end of last October. So if you have an iPhone 7, it may be worth checking once in a while to see if Apple has come out with a new iOS 15 security update.

About iOS 15 Updates - Apple Support

Don't bother checking for iOS 16, 17, …, as those will never be available for the iPhone 7.

so I have to downgrade from iPhone 8 Plus to 7 plus!!!

This may be more challenging than you think. Please let us know how that is working out for you when you can.

You can't have it. It doesn't matter why you need it. iPhone 7 CANNOT EVER EVER get iOS 16. EVER. If you need a phone that can run iOS 16, then you HAVE to buy a newer iPhone.

Aamirsabir wrote:

iPhone 7 puls? Update? Pl

You can ask as nicely and as often as you wish. If you own an iPhone 7 however, the answer is NEVER going to change. If you need or want a higher iOS version than what your phone supports which iOS 15.7.9, then you MUST buy a newer, more modern iPhone.

Re: “ios 16 need please!”

If you need iOS 16 or later, you need a newer iPhone. The iPhone 7 will not run those versions of iOS - no matter how much you need them, or how many times you say “please.”