Apple announces iOS 26 release date: September 15
It’s one of the biggest days of Apple’s year, with the company’s ‘Awe dropping’ event headlined by the iPhone 17 lineup and other new hardware. On the software front, we got some good news too: iOS 26 is coming very soon. iOS 26 was first unveiled back in June at WWDC. Since then, the forthcoming software update has been in beta testing. After three months in beta, Apple is nearly ready to ship iOS 26 to all users. iOS 26 will officially release on Monday, September 15. New features include