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Apple’s new iPhone privacy feature just expanded to more users

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Earlier this year, Apple launched its newest iPhone privacy feature—Limit Precise Location—but only a few carriers supported it initially. Following iOS 26.5’s launch this week, Apple now says that the feature is available for many more users.

‘Limit Precise Location’ rolls out more broadly, but you still need an iPhone or iPad with Apple’s C1 or C1X

One of the most interesting iOS additions earlier this year was a new privacy feature: ‘Limit Precise Location.’

When enabled, Apple can restrict your location data, making it harder for carriers to know your precise location. Instead, carriers may only see, for example, “the neighborhood where your device is located, rather than a more precise location (such as a street address).”

The feature requires an Apple-made cellular modem like the C1 and C1X. So it’s currently limited to iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, and iPhone 16e. The M5 iPad Pro offers support too.

Later this year, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra are both rumored to pack an Apple cellular modem—the C2. So the new flagships should all support Limit Precise Location.

Ahead of that hardware expansion, the feature now supports more carriers too. Here’s the updated list:

Austria: A1

Denmark: YouSee

Germany: Telekom

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