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Available as both a developer beta and a public beta, iOS 26 offers a host of cool new features and enhancements. These are my favorites.

The full list of iPhones for iOS 12: iPhone 5s, SE, 6, 6 Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, and X. The soon to be released iPhone XS, XS Max and October’s iPhone XR will also run iOS 12.

October’s iOS 14.8.1 update is the end of the road for iOS 14 users, and there are some important security fixes in iOS 15.3 that you may not get unless you make the jump to the latest release.

Available as both a developer beta and a public beta, iOS 26 offers a host of cool new features and enhancements. These are my favorites.

To see how to two versions directly compare, read our iOS 14 vs iOS 13 guide. The battery on my iPhone 6s is something of a disaster at this point.

Struggling to make your iPhone last all day? Don’t rush to upgrade or replace the battery just yet. Try tweaking these iOS settings first to avoid that dreaded 1%.

I spoke to Apple to find out how the ‘new’ iOS 26 ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ text message filter actually works.

Discover how iOS 26’s charging time estimates help you optimize iPhone battery life and make smarter charging decisions.

CarPlay in iOS 26 has a new and improved solution for incoming phone calls, solving what’s been a problematic UI for years.

While we don’t yet know the new iPhones Apple will be dropping this fall — though there are iPhone 17 rumors — we do know, per Apple’s site, that the phones listed below will be compatible with iOS 26. Basically, if you have an iPhone that was announced in 2019 or later, you’re in the clear:

iOS 26 beta is public, and users are trying out plenty of new features, including its Liquid Glass design and new messaging and phone features. But one feature has ever-slightly changed the way users are notified that their battery is low.

IOS 26 beta 5 is now available with new bug fixes and features ahead of the update’s official rollout expected in September 2025.

Here are iOS 26 beta 5 changes, new features and release notes that you as an iPhone or iPad user needs to know about.

After seeing the changes coming with iOS 26, we’re ready to finally see Apple’s newest collection of smartphones: the iPhone 17 lineup. While that’s still more than a month away — assuming Apple sticks to its usual release schedule — we haven’t been left completely in the dark about what the new phones will look like.

It’s been just over a week since Apple released iOS 18.6. Since the iPhone software update has shipped without …

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Anyone with a compatible iPhone can test the latest iOS 26 features ahead of the operating system’s official release in the fall.