Need help updating an iPhone 8 Plus to ios17

I had an iPhone 8 Plus in mint condition and I passed it onto my daughter but last Xmas we got her an Apple Watch SE but it turned out that this watch requires iOS 17 and the iPhone 8 does not support iOS 17, I am trying to install a beta version of iOS 17 but no matter what I do the update does not show up on software update, I signed up for beta updates and added the device, a new iOS 17 version recently came out but the iPhone 8 Plus still does not show it.

any help updating it to iOS 17 would be very much appreciated so my daughter can use her watch.

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 17, 2024 12:17 PM

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lobsterghost1

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Posted on Jan 17, 2024 12:22 PM

You cannot run Beta iOS 17 on an iPhone 8 or for that matter ANY version of iOS 17 on an iPhone 8. iPhone 8 is now too old to be updated past iOS 16. Sorry. The watch you purchased came with WatchOS 10, and until your daughter owns an iPhone capable of running iOS 17, the watch cannot be paired with it.

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