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Apple released urgent iOS updates, including iOS 12.5.8 for older iPhones, after emergency-call issues in Australia and a 2027 certificate deadline.
Apple this week released iOS 12.5.8, a surprise update for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 – devices that launched in 2013 and 2014, respectively. It's the first software these aging devices have received in three years.
When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for those devices for another year or two, keeping them usable while their hardware is still reasonably capable.
Apple surprises users with unexpected update, quietly reviving older iPhones and iPads.