While many older iPhones will get the iOS 26 update, it's worth noting that Apple Intelligence, the company's suite of on-device AI tools, will only be supported on newer hardware, namely all iPhone 16 models as well as the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max.

The iPhone 17 is nearly upon us. Next week, Apple will take the virtual stage and announce its next generation of smartphones. There will be some big updates, like the ultra-thin iPhone Air and redesigned camera bump on the Pro, as well as some standard revisions, like the iPhone 17.

Apple will release its annual software upgrade this month to replace iOS 18, but we're not going to be getting iOS 19. Instead, we're

Following its unveiling at WWDC, iOS 26 has entered the multiple developer beta phases. Apple is expected to roll out iOS 26 at the Apple Awe-Dropping event tomorrow.

If Apple follows the same schedule as last year, it will release iOS 18.7 at the same time as iOS 26, that is, about 10 a.m. Pacific on Monday, Sept. 15.

Apple announced iOS 26 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the tech giant has since released multiple beta versions of the software. Those versions bring new features, like a Liquid Glass design and call screening to block spam callers,

The smallest and, perhaps, subtlest feature update of iOS 26 solves a problem for me. The dismissal buttons on Apple's latest software update are, thankfully, bigger, removing a pain point I've had with its timers and alarms on Apple's Clock app, one of my most-used native apps.

Like previous iPhone software updates, iOS 26 adds several new features to Apple's AirPods. While iOS 26 will be officially released sometime

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