The next iPhone update is on the way. No, I don’t want to say iOS 26, even if it’s imminent too. Apple is about to publish iOS 18.7. Why, you could ask, because all the phones go back to the iPhone 11 series can manage iOS 26? Answers below.
Apple iOS 18.7 arrives soon.
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The news that iOS 18.7 is on the way from evidence collected by the newspapers of visitors to Macrumors. This evidence is generally only identified a few days before the software online.
Since iOS 26 should be published in general release on Monday September 15 or around – you can read a completely detailed calendar of everything that is released on the release of iPhone 17 here – the timing seems correct.
“We expect iOS 18.7 to be published in September, alongside iOS 26. The update will likely include fixes for security vulnerabilities, but nothing else,” said Joe Rossignol at Macrumors.
And Rossignol explained why Apple will update iOS 18 so late in the cycle. There are many people who do not want to go to the latest version as soon as it is put online, especially when it is the start of a brand new cycle.
But Apple does not want those who end up with less secure software, so it publishes updates to ensure the safety of these iPhones.
To be clear, he will not do it all year round while the iOS 26 updates are published – after the first updates, Apple wants everyone to go to its new version.
The iOS 18.7 update will also be compatible with three iPhones that iOS 26 leaves behind: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.
I have used the public beta version iOS 26 and so far it has been remarkably solid and reliable. I had few problems – there was not even a lot of battery emptying, which is expected in beta versions.
IOS 18.7 release date
If Apple follows the same calendar as last year, he will publish iOS 18.7 at the same time as iOS 26, that is to say around 10 a.m. on Monday September 15.
