highApple Developer News·February 3, 2026

Upcoming SDK minimum requirements

Starting April 28, 2026, apps and games uploaded to App Store Connect need to meet the following minimum requirements:

    • iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 26 & iPadOS 26 SDK or later
    • tvOS apps must be built with the tvOS 26 SDK or later
    • visionOS apps must be built with the visionOS 26 SDK or later
    • watchOS apps must be built with the watchOS 26 SDK or later

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Key Insights

1

Apple mandates SDK 26 minimum for all app submissions starting April 2026

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Developers have approximately 15 months to update their development environments before the deadline

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Requirement applies uniformly across all Apple platforms including iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS

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