Apple announced iOS 26 at its global conference for developers in June, and the technology giant has since published several beta versions of the software. These versions provide new features, such as a liquid glass design, calls for calls, New ringtones And more, the iPhones of developers and beta testers. You can expect many of these capacities to land on your iPhone in the coming weeks.
Apple said he would publish the general public update this fall, which is good but not the most useful time. But if we look Apple events in September And Previous iOS sortsA model emerges. Apple generally publishes iOS versions a few days after the company’s September event and we should expect it to keep this year.
Apple is historically far from new products and outings, but I was right from the release of iOS 18 in 2024 and iOS 17 in 2023, so let’s see if I can continue this sequence. Here is when I think that technological society will publish iOS 26 – I don’t think we don’t have much more time to wait.
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When is Apple’s event in September?
IOS 26 will present a new liquid glass design on your iPhone.
Apple will organize its event “AWE Droping” on Tuesday September 9, the same day that I predicted that the company would do it. Over the past 10 years, Apple has only held its event in September between September 7 and 14, generally Tuesday (six times), with a few Wednesdays (three times) and a Monday.
We generally do not have to wait long after the Apple event in September for iOS updates to be published.
Why will Apple be released iOS 26 shortly after the event?
Apple generally does not announce the release of iOS versions, but it remains near a script from year to year.
After most Apple’s events in September, the company publishes the next iOS in a week. In 2024, for example, Apple’s event took place on September 9 and iOS 18 was released seven days later on September 16. And in 2023, the Apple event took place on September 12 and it published iOS 17 six days later on September 18.
There was only a year only in the last decade when it took more than a week for Apple to publish the next iOS version – 2019. Even then, Apple has always published the next iOS nine day version after its September event.
The number of days between Apple’s September event and the release of the next iOS version also tends – slightly – down in the last decade. In 2015, Apple released iOS 9 on September 16, seven days after the company’s September event, and in 2022, Apple published iOS 16 on September 12, five days after the company’s September 7 event.
In the same period, Apple published six iOS versions in the week following the event. I therefore predict that Apple will release iOS 26 Six or Seven Days after its September 9 event.
Apple also published the last four iOS versions on Monday following its events in September. This could therefore be the new standard and Apple will publish all future iOS versions on Monday after its September event. It is therefore very likely that Apple will release iOS 26 on Monday.
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Great, so what date will be released iOS 26?
I predict that Apple will publish iOS 26 on Monday, September 15, the week after its September 9 event.
To find out more about iOS 26, here are my first impressions of the beta version, how to allow calling for calls in the beta version and all the new features that Apple said it would bring to your device later this year. You can also consult our IOS 26 cheat sheet.
