"This update provides bug fixes for your iPhone," Apple wrote in the update's release notes. While it's unclear which bugs iOS 26.4.1 fixes, the update does appear to enable Stolen Device Protection on iPhones that don't have the security feature on already.

OS 26.4.2 has been released by Apple for iPhone, along with ipadOS 26.4.2 for iPad. Both updates include important security fixes, as well as unspecified bug fixes, for the iPhone and iPad. The

Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the second betas. Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.

Here it is, an iPhone update that has landed just over two weeks since the last iPhone release, unexpectedly landing midweek. Here’s all you need to know.

Apple has unveiled iOS 26, its new operating system for the iPhone. The new software brings many changes and advancements with it, including an all-new transparent design language called Liquid Glass, which allows background colors of content on your ...

Here are the features and security updates iOS 26.2 brings to your iPhone. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. iOS 26.2 patches these zero-day bugs and more Apple writes online that iOS 26.2 patches more than two dozen bugs on your iPhone. And the company wrote that two of those bugs could be used in "extremely sophisticated ...

Apple's iOS 26 beta release is just around the corner. With the company unveiling the new software update during the WWDC 2025 keynote, Cupertino is expected to introduce the biggest revamp to its iPhone operating system since the launch of iOS 7 years ago.

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Macworld The 26.4 updates brought with them a number of improvements across the various operating systems and Apple’s included apps. But they didn’t bring the expected, long overdue improvements to Siri: A new foundation model,