Is iOS 26.2 worth the download? 5 reasons to update your iPhone today

The latest update addresses security bugs and enhances apps like AirDrop and Reminders. Don't forget to update your other ...
9to5Mac

iOS 27.1 release date: Here’s when to expect the new iPhone update

iOS 27 launches for all users next week, and will be followed not long after by the first iOS 27.1 beta and public launch. Here’s when to expect iOS 27.1’s arrival. iOS 27.1 launches in October before ...
MacRumors

With iOS 18 Jumping to iOS 26, Will Apple Renumber iPhones Too?

With the next-generation version of iOS and other 2025 software updates, Apple is planning to change its numbering scheme. Rather than iOS 19, which would logically follow iOS 18, Apple is instead ...
Forbes

Apple Pushes iPhone Users To iOS 26 As iOS 18 Becomes Legacy Software

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple is urging users to adopt iOS 26, six months after its release, despite many remaining ...
macobserver

iOS 27 Stuck on ‘Preparing Update’ or ‘Verifying Update’: What Apple Has Published

If iOS 27 sits on “Preparing Update” or “Verifying Update” on Monday, September 14, Apple has published no troubleshooting document for it. There is no “About iOS 27 Updates” page, no iOS 27 security ...
macobserver

iOS 27 First, Then watchOS 27: The Update Order for Monday, and Where Apple TV Fits

There is a fixed order to Monday’s updates, and Apple publishes it in a footnote rather than an instruction. watchOS 27 requires a paired iPhone already running iOS 27, so the phone goes first and the ...
9to5Mac

Here are the new emoji likely coming to iPhone with iOS 27

Apple generally adds new emojis to the iPhone with iOS updates in spring. As spotted by the folks at Emojipedia this week, the Unicode Consortium recently published the full list of draft emojis that ...