Wired
MGI operating systems are regularly updated to ensure the stability and security of the device. Additionally, they have introduced new features that encourage users to update their devices. However, the age of some products makes the update of the operating system limited, its cycle ends and no new updates are received. This can cause some applications to stop working. As has been the case, a new version of Twitter has been released that requires iOS 14 or later except to say goodbye to compatibility with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can be updated to iOS 13.6.1: Bye-bye Twitter!
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus they stopped receiving iOS 13 updates. With the arrival of iOS 14, the end of life at the OS level, these devices can no longer be installed. Many apps have advanced at the feature level and have demanding requirements such as installing the latest version of iOS, such as iOS 15. However, the criteria for the most popular apps are not that strict, as there are still many users with older devices or don’t want to update to the latest version for different reasons.
According to Twitter, 63% of iOS users are on iOS 15. They also provided another piece of information: 93% of users use iOS 14 or later. That means 7% use some version of iOS 13 or lower. However, Twitter has decided to stop supporting iOS 13, requiring iOS 14 or later.
Some users who have seen the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have reported that many features of the Twitter app have stopped working. Keep in mind that these devices remain on iOS 13.6.1 and will not be updated to any later version. So: For these devices, it’s a definite goodbye to Twitter.
