ios7 photostream not syncing with ios9 icloud photo library?

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ios7 photostream not syncing with ios9 icloud photo library?

The title of my post is actually also my question.

I have an iPad2/iOS7x. Not willing to upgrade it since I saw that another older device I have became practically useless when I updated it to iOS8 and then iOS9.

I have been using iCloud services, and Photostream on it - everything is being normally backed to the cloud with no problems.

I recently purchased an iPhone6/iOS9. While I was setting this up I was questioned if I wanted to upgrade to iCloud Photo Library. I did, but I have now realized that:

1. iPad2/iOS7 photos do not sync on iPhone6

2. iPad2/iOS7 photos do not appear anywhere on the photos app on www.icloud.com

3. iPhone6/iOS9 photos do not sync on iPad2/iOS7

So my question is: are these two versions iOS7 and iOS9 incompatible regarding photo syncing?

Posted on Jan 22, 2016 4:24 AM

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norm123

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Jan 25, 2016 3:22 AM in response to akouris

Hi amours,
I understand that you have some question regarding iCloud Photo Library and Photo Streams. Let's see if we can clear this up.
As fas as iCloud Photo Library, yes iOS 7 isn't compatible. Your devices would need to be at least iOS 8.3 to see the entire library or upgrade to iOS 9 on all of your devices. Now you can still have My Photo Stream or iCloud Photo Sharing to go to iOS 7 devices, but you wouldn't have the entire library like on iOS 9 devices. Take a look at the article below to will go into details on what the requirements are for iCloud.
System requirements for iCloud
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204230
Let me know if you have any further questions on this.
Take it easy

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akouris Author

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Jan 25, 2016 3:23 AM in response to norm123

Thank you for your prompt and to-the-point response.

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norm123

Community Specialist

Jan 26, 2016 6:13 AM in response to akouris

Hello amours,
It was no problem with the assist and glad that I could clear this up for you.
Take care

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