How to update iPhone 8 to iOS 26?

BNtalker wrote:

I don't know why people say you can't get ios 26 on older model as of iphone 8. My friend has the iphone 8 and got ios 18 and now ios26. I hate when I look up things like" does iphone 8 support ios 26," and it says "NO." it apparently does work though because it is available on my friends phone , and he doesn't have the beta he has the official ios26. So, iphone 8 as of what I know from any other phone runs ios 26 officially!

Nope. iOS 26 does not support iPhone 8.

That’s an iPhone SE 2nd or 3rd.

Physically very similar to an iPhone 8, but with different internals, and supported with iOS 26.

Or that is an unsupported jailbreak.

Your iPhone 8 was discontinued from the latest iOS updates a few years ago. As a matter of fact it didn't receive iOS 17 or 18, so as a result it won't receive iOS 26. The latest software is supported on the iPhone 11 and later.

Sunshine—347 wrote:

Hello, I have an iPhone 8 and apparently there is a new iOS 26 update that everyone in my contacts has been getting and I was wondering how to get it on my iPhone 8?

You cannot get iOS 16, 17, or 26 on your iPhone 8. For the Phone 8, an eight-year-old model that originally ran iOS 11, iOS 16 is the end of the line.

Re: “I don't know why people say you can't get ios 26 on older model as of iphone 8.”

They say that because you can’t. The iPhone 8 cannot update to iOS 17, let alone 18 or 26.

Re: “I don’t know how to install iOS 26 in iPhone 8”

That’s because you cannot install iOS 26 on an iPhone 8. Nor can you install iOS 17 or 18. The iPhone 8 cannot update past iOS 16.*.

why my iphone 8 cant update to ios 26

The processor inside the iPhone 8 is not compatible with iOS 26. The iPhone 8 can run iOS 16.....but it cannot run iOS 17, iOS 18, or iOS 26.

You need a new phone if you want to run iOS 26. An iPhone 16 or iPhone 17 would be recommended. Here is a complete list of iPhones that will work with iOS 26:

Re: “why my iphone 8 cant update to ios 26”

The iPhone 8 has only 2 GB of RAM. Only one of the iPhones that can run iOS 26 has as little as 3 GB of RAM, and it is the straggler. All of the others have from 4 to 8 GB of RAM. So lack of RAM would likely be one reason.

Then there is the Neural Engine. All iPhones that can run iOS 26 have at least 8 Neural Engine cores. The iPhone 8 has a rudimentary Neural Engine with only 2 cores.

To run iOS 26, your iPhone must appear in the list of compatible devices below:

As you can see......the iPhone 8 is not on the list.

You don't. You need at least an iPhone 11 to run iOS 26. The 8 does not have the hardware to run it.

Time for a new phone if you want iOS 26.

You can't. There are 7+ answers in this thread that say the same thing. Did you read any of them?

I don't know why people say you can't get ios 26 on older model as of iphone 8. My friend has the iphone 8 and got ios 18 and now ios26. I hate when I look up things like" does iphone 8 support ios 26," and it says "NO." it apparently does work though because it is available on my friends phone , and he doesn't have the beta he has the official ios26. So, iphone 8 as of what I know from any other phone runs ios 26 officially!

Please give me iOS 26 update on my iPhone 8 Plus

hossain219 wrote:

Please give me iOS 26 update on my iPhone 8 Plus

No.

why my iphone 8 cant update to ios 26

I don’t know how to install iOS 26 in iPhone 8