Apple is no longer offering the downgrade to iOS 18.7.3. iPhone users react. Apple is initiating a significant shift in its mobile ecosystem today, December 22, 2025, by effectively mandating a ...

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.

When Apple released iOS 26.2 software for the iPhone 11 and later, it also released another update, iOS 18.7.3. Great, you might think, if you’re resisting the move to iOS 26 but want to keep your ...

Apple has stopped signing iOS 26.1, meaning that iPhone users can no longer downgrade to that software version via Finder on macOS or the Apple Devices app on Windows. iOS 26.2 is now the minimum ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 last week with important security fixes. At the same time, it also shipped iOS 18.7.3 for users who haven’t upgraded yet — at least in theory. In practice, Jason Snell at Six ...

Since the beginning of December, Apple has been pushing iPhone users who opted to stay on iOS 18 to install iOS 26 instead. Apple started by making the iOS 18 upgrades less visible, and has now ...

The tech giant released iOS 26.3 (a) to beta users, marking the debut of their new “Background Security Improvements” system ...

Today’s first public beta of iOS 26.3 is likely the last beta we’ll get from Apple before the company takes a holiday break. Understandably then, the release is light on new features and changes. A ...

iOS 26.2 has arrived just in time for the weekend. While the update isn’t a major overhaul, it brings numerous changes and refinements, including more Liquid Glass tweaks. More importantly, iOS 26.2 ...

Apple is releasing another tool to dial down Liquid Glass’ transparency with its release of iOS 26.2, out now. With the update, users will be able to control the transparency of the Lock Screen’s ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. I've had my hands on iOS 26 for plenty of ...

Following the release of iOS 16.2 on Friday, December 12, the first beta release of iOS 26.3 was made available to developers a few days later, on December 15. We expect a final release to the public ...