iCloud tabs no longer working on iPhone 6

[GZR]

I have 3 Apple devices:
Macbook Pro
iPad Air 2
iPhone 6

I updated to Safari 13 on the MBP and iCloud tabs from the other 2 devices stopped showing on the MBP but the iPad and iPhone could see each others open tabs.

I then updated the iPad to iPadOS and now the MBP and iPad Air 2 can see each others tabs but the iPhone cannot see the tabs on the other 2 devices.

Am I right in thinking that as the iPhone 6 is not eligible for iOS 13, I will not be able to use iCloud tabs on the iPhone in future?

 

[GZR]

I found the answer:

iCloud Tabs Not Syncing

Is anyone else having issues where their icloud/safari tabs from other devices aren't showing up on your iOS 13 iPhone, and phone tabs not showing up on other devices? Someone on reddit suggested all devices must be on the most current OS (Catalina in this case), but my Mac Mini on High Sierra...

forums.macrumors.com

In other words Apple expect me to buy a new phone (6S or later) to be able to continue to use such a basic feature.
I'm not willing to do this at this point so I will have to migrate back to Chrome after using Safari for the past few years

 

[Foxglove9]

That happened to me too with my older iPad can no longer access iCloud tabs.

 

[gilby101]

I too am in this hole with my iPhone 6.

 

[08111740]

I have this issue as well. iOS 12.4.2 on 5s and macOS 10.14.6 on MacBook Pro 13 inch. I had submit a feedback to here.

 

[Chayim]

I too have this problem, iPhone 6 Safari does not sync with other devices, but only Safari does not sync but other iCloud features does work, it's weird.