iOS 10 Release & Time: 4 Things to Expect & 3 Things Not To

Expect Different iOS 10 Feature Sets

Apple's mobile devices will share more than a few iOS 10 features but you can expect there to be some major differences in the final product. 

Thanks to hardware limitations, iOS features sometimes skip older devices. For instance, iOS 9's Picture in Picture and Slide Over features are only available on iPad Pro, iPad Air or later, and iPad mini 2 or later. Another iOS 9 feature, the battery saving Facedown detection, is only supported on the iPhone 5s or later.

Earlier this year, Apple rolled out an iOS 9.3 update. One of iOS 9.3's exciting features was the sleep-saving Night Shift. Well, Night Shift is only available iPhone 5s or later, iPad Pro, iPad Air or later, iPad mini 2 or later, and iPod touch (6th generation).

As for iOS 10, we already know that at least one major feature, "Raise to Wake," will be exclusive to Apple's newer iPhone models. Developers note that the exciting feature might be limited to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. 

This probably won't be the only feature that gets left out of the change logs for older iOS 10 models like the iPhone 5.

If you own an older device, your iOS 10 update probably won't be as feature rich as the final iOS 10 updates for the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and others.