Apple might be requiring iPhone users to install iOS 26 for security fixes<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Apple
released iOS 26.2 last week with important security fixes. At the same time, it also
shipped iOS 18.7.3 for users who haven’t upgraded yet — at least in theory.</p>
<p>In practice,
Jason Snell at Six Colors reports that some iPhone owners aren’t being offered the iOS 18 security update at all, and are instead being pushed straight to iOS 26. </p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: Here is a
support document on Apple’s website with more details about its software update rollouts. </p>
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Apple might be requiring iPhone users to install iOS 26 for security fixes
