If your iPhone is one of the ones listed, you need to make sure you’re on the latest iOS software as soon as you can.

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iOS 26 introduces a new visual design Apple calls Liquid Glass, along with live translation for calls, texts and FaceTime. The update also adds features like spam call filtering, customizable snooze ...

Apple has quietly pushed out a major iPhone software refresh, catching many users off guard with a wave of new tools, tweaks, ...

A new update was available for iPhone users back in September; Apple’s iOS 26, which introduced the Liquid Glass design and new features thanks to its artificial intelligence system. Now, iPhone users ...

Apple has pushed the first security update for its latest iPhone operating system, iOS 26, fixing a single, medium-severity vulnerability, assigned designation CVE-2025-43400, affecting Apple ...

Apple's software engineers are internally testing iOS 26.0.2, according to MacRumors logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions. iOS 26.0.2 will likely be a minor update that ...

The new Apple iOS 26.2 update is coming out soon, replacing the current iOS 26.1 operating system for the iPhone and iPad with a fresh new iOS 26 release, including new features, improvements and ...

Apple has made an unusual move by officially recommending iOS 26.1 as the standard update for all iPhone users, pushing it to the forefront of update screens in early December 2025. The company ...

That’s not as cataclysmic a dropoff as Statcounter’s data suggests, even before considering other mitigating factors—iOS 26 ...

Could it be that former Apple designer Alan Dye’s swan song, Liquid Glass, has failed? Statcounter data seems to show that ...

It’s not uncommon for more casual iPad users to not aggressively update their iPadOS system software. Sure, Apple enables ...