Apple released iOS 26.2 on Friday, Dec. 12 and, alongside it, iOS 18.7.3. However, reports emerged that while it was installing nicely on iPhones that couldn’t run iOS 26, nobody else was getting it.

Apple has officially rolled out iOS 18.7.7, a significant update aimed at users who have chosen to remain on iOS 18 instead of transitioning to iOS 26. This release is primarily focused on enhancing ...

Note: We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices on April 1, 2026, so users with Automatic Updates turned on can automatically receive important security protections from web attacks ...

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.

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 ...

Apple has released iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, but it will still update the operating systems they replace. In fact, Apple on Monday released iOS 18.7, macOS Sequoia 15.7, and macOS Sonoma 14.8. The ...

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 best thing Apple could announce at WWDC 2026 is an iOS 27 that remembers usability matters more than bling. And the same ...