Apple will provide a minimum of five years of iPhone security updates

Apple has committed to providing at least five years of iPhone security updates, as reported previously by Android Authority. The disclosure is part of Apple’s plan to comply with the UK’s Telecommunications Products and Infrastructure Security Act (PSTI), which requires companies that sell Internet-connected products to meet new security standards.

The law, which came into force in April, requires companies to define the minimum period for providing security updates for a product. This doesn’t necessarily mean Apple will limit security updates to five years, as it’s just the minimum. Apple also sometimes pushes security updates to older phones. In January, the company released a security update for the nearly 10-year-old iPhone 5S to address a vulnerability. It also released an update for the iPhone 5S and 6 in 2022.

of the apple archiving lists the “defined support date” as at least five years from September 22, 2023 – the release date of the iPhone 15. This means the iPhone 15 should receive security updates until at least 2028.

Apple typically doesn’t say how long an iPhone will receive security updates. Google and Samsung, on the other hand, have guaranteed seven years of security updates on their latest devices.