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iOS 10.3 Beta Says 32-Bit Legacy Apps Will Not Work With Future Versions of iOS

Since iOS 10 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-10/).1, when a user opens an old 32-bit app on a newer iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipod-touch/), Apple has reinstated a warning (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/06/ios-10-1-32-bit-app-alert/) that the app may slow down the device until the developer updates it to improve its compatibility. The apps are still fully usable, however, despite the possible performance issues.





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On iOS 10.3 beta (http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/24/apple-seeds-first-beta-of-ios-10-3/), Apple has tweaked the wording of that warning to note that 32-bit apps "will not work with future versions of iOS," suggesting that iOS 11 could be the first software update to support 64-bit apps only. "Future versions" is unsurprisingly vague, however, so the exact timeline remains unclear.





Apple has supported 64-bit apps since the iPhone 5s launched in September 2013. The company required that all new apps support 64-bit architecture as of February 2015 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/12/17/apple-64-bit-support-reminder/), and all updated apps since June 2015, but a number of older 32-bit apps that have not been updated in years remain available on the App Store (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/app-store/).





iOS devices with a 64-bit chip include the iPhone 5s and newer, iPad Air and newer, iPad mini 2 and newer, and sixth-generation iPod touch.





In September, Apple said it would begin removing problematic and abandoned apps (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/01/apple-cleaning-up-app-store/) from the App Store, including those that no longer function as intended or follow current review guidelines, and others lacking compatibility updates for a long time. By October, it was reported some 50,000 apps had already been removed.

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Source: iOS 10.3 Beta Says 32-Bit Legacy Apps Will Not Work With Future Versions of iOS (http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/31/32-bit-apps-wont-work-on-future-ios-versions/)