Back in 2013, Apple announced that its iPhone 5S was the first smartphone to support 64-bit applications. This was coming with Apple’s A7 chip, though apps needed to be updated to work on the 64-bit architecture.
App developers at the time either updated their apps or left them as-is. Afterwards, in order for new apps to become available on the App Store, 64-bit code was a requirement once February 2015 came around. This means that some of the older apps in the App Store portfolio may not be 64-bit, and are running in 32-bit emulation.
RIP 32-bit emulation mode in iOS 11? http://pic.twitter.com/byMFuJPuVN
â€" Peter Steinberger (@steipete) January 31, 2017
A pop up message seen in the latest version of the iOS 10.3 beta reads: “This app will not work with future v ersion of iOS. The developer of this app needs to update it to improve its compatibility.†This message pops up when trying to open a 32-bit app.
Apple is likely to reserve a change this significant for a major update: iOS 11. What this means for older-generation devices like the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C is that they likely won’t be updated to iOS 11. A logical step, since iOS 10 did not arrive for the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 and 5C are the next phones in line for firmware obseletion.
Apple keeps backlogs of older version of applications on the App Store for those who may need to use a legacy device. When the user gets notifications from apps for services that will no longer work on older versions, I’ll be time to upgrade.
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