Many iPhone owners may be resisting iOS 26. But this latest version does carry with it important security updates that will keep your phone protected.

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.

Apple tends to keep most of its convenient features, like AirDrop, locked to its own hardware, but this is also what allows its products to offer some of the best security features in the space.

When it comes to software and certain hardware launches, Apple follows fairly predictable patterns. Most new software releases arrive with a cadence that varies little from year to year. So when ...

I’m known as the Apple guy in my social circle. Friends and family routinely ask for purchasing advice, and I often end up reviewing their iPhones to see whether they’re missing useful apps, features, ...

Earlier this month, Apple released iOS 26.2, following more than a month of beta testing. It is a big update, with many new features and changes for iPhones. iOS 26.2 adds a Liquid Glass slider for ...

iOS 26.2 offers security patches for two zero-day flaws. The update also enhances AirDrop, Reminders, and Podcasts. Be sure to also update your iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. iPhone owners who ...

Apple doesn't currently allow iPhone users to change the Side button's Siri functionality to another assistant, but owners of iPhone 15 Pro and newer models can assign ChatGPT to the Action button ...

Apple is quietly walking back one of its boldest iPhone design swings, and the company wants users to move fast to get the fix. The latest iOS rollout does more than patch bugs, it dials down a ...

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Apple users have been warned to update their devices, after a critical security bug is thought to have been used in targeted attacks. The latest iOS update, 26.2, fixes an issue with the web browswer ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...