


It reads ‘The developer of this app needs to update it to work with iOS 11’. On an iPhone or iPad running iOS 11, trying to open a 32-bit app fails and instead shows an error alert.

It will require new apps and updates submitted to the Mac App Store to support 64-bit apps in 2018 …Īpple is moving both macOS and iOS forward although its path for abandoning 32-bit on macOS is only just beginning (more below).įor iOS, 32-bit apps are now completely unsupported. Older iPhones and iPads with 32-bit CPUs cannot update to iOS 11 at all.Īpple has also started the transition for macOS to drop 32-bit support. Any 32-bit app will refuse to launch and instead show an alert pressuring the developer to release a 64-bit update. As Apple warned users with iOS 10.3, iOS 11 officially drops support for 32-bit applications.
