This update is compatible with all iPhones from 2019 on — that means the iPhone 11 onwards. The iPhone XS, XS Max and XR supported iOS 18 but aren’t compatible with the new software. Every phone from iPhone 11 to the latest, including second- and third-generation iPhone SE, right up to iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air, are covered.

When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for those devices for another year or two, keeping them usable while their hardware is still reasonably capable.

A new feature called Limited Precise Location is unlikely to work on your device or with your carrier at launch.

Apple surprises users with unexpected update, quietly reviving older iPhones and iPads.

Apple's upcoming iOS 26.3 update will introduce a setting that limits how precisely carriers can determin your location.

Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and watchOS 26.3 updates to public beta testers, with the updates coming a day after Apple provided the third beta to developers.

OS 26.3 is expected to launch soon, introducing three new ways to customize the iPhone thanks to new settings and wallpaper options.