Nintendo Switch Online will end support for iOS 13 and earlier versions this summer

June 21 (Portaltic/EP) –

The subscription platform for players of the Nintendo Switch console, Nintendo Switch Online, will no longer offer service in iOS devices up to version 13 of the operating system this summer.

nintendo switch online is a paid service that allows subscribers to play compatible console titles online, access a catalog of titles with new online features, and store save data for most games in the cloud, among other benefits .

Currently, this platform can be downloaded on both iOS and Android devices. In this case, the operating system is required to be Android 6.0 or later versions.

As indicated appstore, this nintendo game app is compatible with iOS 12.0 or later, iPad OS 12.0 or later or iOS 12.0 or later for ipod touch.

The company has announced who plans to update this service for the operating system developed by Apple “in the summer of 2022”, an update that will change the operating environment to iOS version 14 or later.

This indicates that the application will not be available on devices with older versions of this operating system, that is, iOS 13 or earlier updatesas the Japanese company has advanced in a statement.

At the moment it has not specified the date on which it will stop having support for old iOS versions or he hasn’t mentioned either if there will be upcoming changes for Android devices. For reference, in August 2021 Nintendo already made a change in compatibility with its app, which raised the minimum operating systems to iOS 12 and Android 6.