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Apple's iOS 26.6.1 patches 29 security vulnerabilities.
Among the bugs are ones that could trigger compromises or crashes.
No flaw has been exploited in the wild yet, but you should still update.
Though iOS 27 is expected to launch next month, Apple continues to update iOS 26 to address the latest security bugs.
On Monday, the company released iOS 26.6.1 (as well as iPadOS 26.6.1 and MacOS 26.6.2) with fixes for 29 vulnerabilities. None of them is reported as having been exploited by hackers. But you'll still want to update your device to keep it safe and secure, especially now that the flaws are public knowledge.
For older devices that don't support iOS 26, Apple also released iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10 with the same security fixes as well as patches for a variety of other flaws.
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