Washington: In a significant shift, apple has officially stopped supporting iCloud backups for iphones and iPads running iOS 8 or earlier.
As announced in navamber, this change took effect this week, marking the end of iCloud backup caps for older devices, according to macrumours.

Starting now, iphones and ipads that are operating on iOS 8 or older can no longer use icloud for creating backups.

Apple has also deleted any existing icloud backups of devices running these older operating systems, as per macrumours.

Device running iOS 8

The change aligns with apple’s move to streamline and modernize its cloud services, which now require a minimum of iOS 9 or Later for Backup Functionality.
Apple Clarified that While ICLUD BACKUPS ARANGER AAVALABLE for these older devices, the apps and data stored on the devices themselves are unafested.
Users can still back up their devices manually to a mac or windows pc. However, if you haven a device running iOS 8 or OLDER and Wish to Restore ICloud Backup Capability, the only option is to update the device to iOS 9 or a newr version.

The discontinuation of iCloud backup support for devices running iOS 8 or earlier is part of apple’s broader strategy to align its cloud services with more modern software requirements.

Available for data preservation

With the release of iOS 9, apple transitioned to cloudkit for iCloud backups, leaving behind an older backup system that is now being phased out.
For users who are unable to update their devices, manual backups to a computer remain the only available available option for data preservation.