Upgrading to iOS 27 may not always meet your expectations. Whether due to performance concerns, app compatibility issues, or simply personal preference, you might find yourself wanting to return to ...

Installed the iOS 27 developer beta and regretting it? Learn the two methods to downgrade back to stable iOS 26 safely — and ...

iOS 26 brought a major new Liquid Glass design that, in some cases, led to user reports of slower iPhone performance. But Daring Fireball’s John Gruber recently went back to iOS 18 after a long time ...

The arrival of the latest iPhone update, iOS 26.5, reveals Apple’s strategy: to move compatible phones from iOS 18 to iOS 26 now.

Few things are more stressful than seeing your smartphone stuck on a boot loop, a black screen, or the dreaded "Connect to ...

Following last week’s release of iOS 26.4.1, Apple today stopped signing iOS 26.4. Here’s what that means. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple stopped signing iOS 26.4 earlier today, which means that it is ...

Tenorshare launched an interactive iOS 27 Upgrade-Downgrade Companion to assist users weighing the risks of Apple's next OS, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple's iOS 26.4 and iOS 18.7.8 fix the same flaw, in Notification Services, where ...

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On 9 April 2026, 404 Media published an article about how the FBI was able to extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even though the Signal app had been deleted. That ...

Apple today stopped signing iOS 26.4, so iPhone users who have updated to iOS 26.4.1 are no longer able to downgrade to the earlier version of iOS. iOS 26.4.1 came out a week ago. When software is ...

Thankfully, this isn’t an April Fool’s prank. After I wrote “DarkSword Exploit Threatens iPhones Still Running iOS 18” (23 March 2026), Apple published the tech note page “Update iOS to protect your ...