5 Preparations You Must Make Before Downloading the iOS 16 Update on your iPhone

Makemac – iOS 16 update will be shared with general users soon!

To be precise, the iOS 16 update will be released on September 12, California time. If converted to the Indonesian time zone, the iOS 16 update will be distributed on September 13 around early this morning.

There are several preparations that you must do before installing or updating to iOS 16 on your favorite iPhone device. You should understand the preparations for the iOS 16 update and do it immediately!

Things to Prepare Before iOS Update

The following is a list of things that must be done before downloading the iOS 16 update:

1. Make sure your iPhone supports iOS 16

iPhones That Support iOS 16

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iPhones That Support iOS 16

Which iPhones support the iOS 16 update? Unfortunately, not all iPhones that support iOS 15 can also get the iOS 16 update.

There are several older iPhone series devices that have not received the iOS 16 update, meaning they are only stuck at iOS 15.

Some of them are the iPhone SE 2016, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus which will not get the iOS 16 update.

The following is a list of iPhone devices that support the iOS 16 update:

  • iPhone 13.
  • iPhone 13 mini.
  • iPhone 13 Pro.
  • iPhone 13 Pro Max.
  • iPhone 12.
  • iPhone 12 mini.
  • iPhone 12 Pro.
  • iPhone 12 Pro Max.
  • iPhone 11.
  • iPhone 11 Pro.
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max.
  • iPhone XS.
  • iPhone XS Max.
  • iPhone XR.
  • iPhone
  • iPhone 8.
  • iPhone 8 Plus.
  • iPhone SE (2nd generation or later).

If you use one of the iPhones in the list above, this means that the device you are using will be able to update to iOS 16!

2. Backup, Backup and Always Backup

Preparing to update iOS 16, iCloud Backup

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Preparing to update iOS 16, iCloud Backup

The second preparation before downloading the iOS 16 update is to back up your data, aka backup.