Apple Pushes iPhone Users Still on iOS 18 to Upgrade to iOS 26

[drock82]

I miss ios18! My ipad has 18 and my phone has 26, every time I use my iPad it's so smooth and put together, it was more my style... I also agree with the commenter about disabling the borders around the apps and widgets.

 

[klasma]

I believe people should give iOS 26 and Liquid Glass a chance.

The problem is that you can’t revert if you don’t like it. So it’s not a question of giving it a chance, once you opt in you’re stuck with it.

I tried it out on a secondary phone (and found it to be a usability regression), but most people don’t have a spare phone to experiment with.

 

[ebika]

I've acclimated to the translucent bling. It's fine for me. If I had a choice I'd downgrade until they repair the connectivity issues in 26.x with CarPlay though. My phone came with iOS 26, so I'm just enduring in the meantime.

 

[Reeneman]

Think the placement of 26.0 was the right one for this version…
26.1 is much better and it’s ok to get this more prominent.

 

[HouseLannister]

I've acclimated to the translucent bling. It's fine for me. If I had a choice I'd downgrade until they repair the connectivity issues in 26.x with CarPlay though. My phone came with iOS 26, so I'm just enduring in the meantime.

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More of an N1 firmware issue than anything with the OS.

 

[Frantisekj]

yeah no apple, fix your software and then I will upgrade. They created this mess of non-compliant upgrade due to have such a horrible roll out.

yeah, fix battery life and and we will see. Thanks God it stopped update madness with iOS 17 haha no update button...

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I find it amazing what some people find annoying or deal breaking with 26. I messed with it enough that it is clean and nothing major or minor makes me think it’s trash or Apples worst update.

Anything can be a dealbreaker where there is nothing interesting enough in iOS 26 to merit and update.

I believe people should give iOS 26 and Liquid Glass a chance. While iOS 18 wasn’t perfect until the end of its cycle, that’s not the point. I genuinely love iOS 26. Liquid Glass alone makes my phone feel brand new and luxurious. You can even tint it if legibility is an issue. The only current issue I’m facing is the clear icon bug that loads after swiping on the Home Screen. Otherwise, it’s been solid. Give it a try!

There is no "give it a try"; you can't uncut down a tree

I've been using it on my work phone since a few days after it was released. Still don't care for it.

 

[Appleman3546]

More evidence that Liquid Glass design is inferior to minimalism design

 

[sergekills]

Since iOS 26 doesn’t offer anything useful but endless bugs, Apple can update themselves.
So pathetic of them

 

[magicschoolbus]

don't do it... the UI is awful

 

[Phantom iCloud tabs]

Apple rushes out updates prematurely based purely on artificial ($$$-driven) timetables and the wonders why people are hesitant to update. Amazing.

 

[ebika]

More of an N1 firmware issue than anything with the OS.

Likely so. It doesn't really change that Apple needs to repair it and it's likely going to be part of a iOS release.

 

[frozencarbonite]

Haha. No thank you. I'm quite happy with 18.

 

[W2u7Yw4HaD]

couple years old, with touch id. it does offer ios 26 if that's what you're implying. but it requires 20gb of free space which is impossible...

Connect it to a laptop (Mac/win) and then the iTunes/apple app can do it.. you need less space that way..

 

[MysteriousStain]

When I bought a Mac mini in the spring, I was happy to think that I could get all the new OS versions as they come out… but now I’m staying on Sequoia because of all the negative reports.

 

[stephe22]

Let me know when iOS / MacOS 26 are good and stable. I might upgrade then.

 

[B4U]

After a little over a week with the 17 pro, I still do not like the liquid glass UI. This is just as controversial to me as iOS 7 from iOS 6.
Then there are minor bugs that just irritates the crap out of me. An hour earlier, my calendar app icon on the home screen turned into a folder of apps with no apps in it...never seen this before in ANY prior iOS.
To make it worse, the daily nagging from my daytime watch to install WatchOS 26 is getting overboard. Already tried that with my sleep watch series 9 and absolutely hated the UI.

 

[spartan1967]

Settings app moved over to the next page on the home screen. All alone to blaze that bloody badge probably through the summer with what I have been reading about how iOS 26 quality has been progressing 👎.

 

[iObama]

I wish I could go back to iOS/iPadOS 18, and I’m NEVER someone that says that. I reverted back from Tahoe to Sequoia on my personal MacBook and my computing life has been so much better.

Liquid Glass is just not it, man. Not a fan at all.

 

[Ursadorable]

I made the mistake of installing iOS 26 on my company issued iPhone. No way in heck I'm putting it on my personal iPhone until LG is fixed/removed/optional. I'm tired of being Apple's beta tester for their garbage Liquid Glass UI. Same deal with Tahoe.

 

[RRF985]

I’m very unhappy with ios26. I wish I never made the switch. I desperately miss 18 more and more every day.

 

[now i see it]

Oh please please please install our new garbage OS

 

[Eureka20]

Updating my phone to ios26 remains a HUGE regret. It's janky and also the ugliest iOS Ive seen since the old pre-ios7 days.

I wish I'd never installed it.

 

[repoman016]

26.0 was a bit rocky but 26.1 is pretty solid and worth updating to.

Dont listen to the drama queens on here. Funny how ios18 is now seen as some kind of messiah version when those same people were probably the ones crying when 18 was released (there were plenty like there is every year).

well, 18 was pretty bad too. Its on 18.7 now which was pretty good last time I was using it. I personally just don't like the way it looks. I have some visual bugs that can be annoying although not disrupting how I use the phone. I also think mine was glitching out because i restored from an iOS 18 backup on my new device and it loaded it with 26 automatically. I was having a horrible time with it until i just gave it a fresh install

 

[repoman016]

I believe people should give iOS 26 and Liquid Glass a chance. While iOS 18 wasn’t perfect until the end of its cycle, that’s not the point. I genuinely love iOS 26. Liquid Glass alone makes my phone feel brand new and luxurious. You can even tint it if legibility is an issue. The only current issue I’m facing is the clear icon bug that loads after swiping on the Home Screen. Otherwise, it’s been solid. Give it a try!

If you could downgrade whenever you want sure. I would recommend people to only get it if they really really really want it. If I were given the option right now, I would have stayed on iOS 18