Prepare your iPhone for iOS 26 - 6 things I do before every update
Maria Diaz/ZDNET Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 26 -- yes, if you've not been keeping up, that's what will come after iOS 18 -- is landing real soon (September 15), and it'll be pushed out to hundreds of millions of compatible iPhones worldwide within a few days. For the most part, the vast majority of these upgrades will be smooth and painless. Also: Every iPhone that can be updated to iOS 26 (and when you can install it) Maybe I'm being overly cautious here, but, as someone who