Will iPhone 7 support iOS 16?

The highest an iPhone 7 can support is iOS 15.8, 16 will not run on an iPhone 7.

An IPhone 7 will not be able to handle IOS 16. But if you are able to upgrade to the IOS 16 then your phone will crash or work very slow

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.

You should have minimum 3 GB RAM to run IOS 16

abran49 wrote:

I want to have the iOS 16 on my iPhone 7

Well you can't have it. So buy a newer, more modern phone if you want it. It will NEVER come to iPhone 7. EVER.

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.

I need 16 on my iphone7

Did you read any of the other answers in this thread?

It is not possible to install iOS 16 on an iPhone 7.

If you want to run iOS 16, you need an iPhone 8 or higher model.

azamat50 wrote:

ios 16 need please!

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

enosh195 wrote:

my I phone 7 is ios 16 update please

No. Not going to happen. Ever.

No update for iPhone 7.

lalu18 wrote:

when will next update

If you are looking for iOS 16, on iPhone 7, the answer is never.

Bkice777 wrote:

I thought I could just by a new iPhone 8 on eBay but they have all have iOS 16 on them! So iPhone 8 series is the only iPhone that can’t use live wallpaper on lock screen! They should have never allowed iPhone 8 to go past iOS 15! My wife has an iPhone 8 but thank God she never updated past 15.7 and she never will!

Live Wallpaper is off-topic for the thread, but it doesn't look like this is an iPhone-8-specific thing. According to an article I found on the Web, no iPhone running iOS 16 or higher offers live wallpaper on the Lock Screen.

The reason is that Apple wanted to use long-press gestures to support another new feature (customizable Lock Screens). So to make those gestures available, live wallpapers on the Lock Screen had to get the axe.

https://www.makeuseof.com/why-apple-removed-live-wallpapers-ios-16/

Getting back to the topic of this thread, since no iPhone 7 can run iOS 16 or higher, this is not something that an iPhone 7 user would run into, until they replaced their iPhone 7 with a newer iPhone.

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

why can’t iPhone 7 get iOS 16

In very simple terms, the iPhone 7 is too old.

You need an iPhone 8 or higher model for iOS 16. Can you meet those qualifications?