diff --git a/ios/App/App/PluginSafeAreasColor.swift b/ios/App/App/PluginSafeAreasColor.swift
index 726bb0c62..800dbef31 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/PluginSafeAreasColor.swift
+++ b/ios/App/App/PluginSafeAreasColor.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class SafeAreasColorPlugin: CAPPlugin, CAPBridgedPlugin {
           }
     
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                 if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
+                 if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
                      // Find the active window in iOS 13 or later
                      if let window = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
                          .compactMap({ $0 as? UIWindowScene })
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ public class SafeAreasColorPlugin: CAPPlugin, CAPBridgedPlugin {
                          call.reject("No active window found")
                      }
                  } else {
-                     // For iOS 12 and earlier
-                     if let window = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow {
-                         window.backgroundColor = uiColor
-                         call.resolve(["value": "Color set successfully"])
-                     } else {
-                         call.reject("No key window found")
-                     }
+                    call.reject("Earlier versions than iOS 16 are not supported")
                  }
              }
         
diff --git a/ios/App/PluginViewController.swift b/ios/App/PluginViewController.swift
index a9445195a..788d7f246 100644
--- a/ios/App/PluginViewController.swift
+++ b/ios/App/PluginViewController.swift
@@ -39,17 +39,15 @@ class PluginViewController: CAPBridgeViewController {
         var leftPadding: CGFloat = 0
         var rightPadding: CGFloat = 0
 
-        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
+        if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
             let window = view.window ?? UIApplication.shared.windows.first { $0.isKeyWindow }
             topPadding = window?.safeAreaInsets.top ?? 0
             bottomPadding = window?.safeAreaInsets.bottom ?? 0
             leftPadding = window?.safeAreaInsets.left ?? 0
             rightPadding = window?.safeAreaInsets.right ?? 0
-        } else {
-            topPadding = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame.height
-        }
 
-        webView.frame.origin = CGPoint(x: leftPadding, y: topPadding)
-        webView.frame.size = CGSize(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width - leftPadding - rightPadding, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height - topPadding - bottomPadding)
+             webView.frame.origin = CGPoint(x: leftPadding, y: topPadding)
+            webView.frame.size = CGSize(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width - leftPadding - rightPadding, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height - topPadding - bottomPadding)
+        } 
     }
 }