Great, now I have a little red notification on the Settings icon. Thanks for triggering my OCD Apple, guess I’ll just move the app off my Home Screen.
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Apple Pushes iPhone Users Still on iOS 18 to Upgrade to iOS 26
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I felt the same. Was hesitant to update the 15 Pro with 93% battery. Just did it, 3 hours ago. It’s perfect for me. If your device isn’t older, don’t be afraid. It’s not as bad as they say. I would say it feels even better than iOS 18.
Just my opinion.
I will still keep my old iPad Air 4 with iOS 18 though(?). It’s a 4GB RAM device… Anyone to share opinion on this?
Good, I am glad I jumped to iOS 18 because I love the dark theme icons, but honestly I remember iOS 17 as more stable and with less bugs.
I have a 15PM. I’m reluctant to upgrade because I’m running 26.1 on my iPad Air 4 and it hasn’t been fun. Worst part is Safari page rendering. I’m hoping that will be resolved with 26.2, but I’m not upgrading my phone anytime soon; I use it way more often than the iPad.
Not a chance I'm upgrading - it will murder my iPhone 11 and liquid glass is not for me, thank you very much.
Which fix are you referring to? 26.1 is solid on my 16e
It’s sh*t on my sacrificial iPad gen 9. Especially the keyboard fiasco. I know, it’s the developers’ fault, right?
Maybe Apple needs to get a new CEO that is a raging lunatic like Steve Jobs was on making the Apple experience “magical”.
This is enraging tbh. The red notification badge on the settings app is there to harrass me to update to iOS26 and I don't want to, but I can't get rid of the notification badge. You can't turn notifications for the settings app off, so that red badge just stays there with no way to turn it off. Anyone know how to get rid of it? (and no I'm not updating).
For me the basic problem is, not just Apple but every tech company, the programmers think of ways to fix a problem that does not exist, then they run it by the management team (former programmers) who just love it, then reviewers in the field (again programmers) who also lover it. When it gets ends users (not programmers) we hate it
The persistent red bubble can no longer be dismissed. Use Shortcuts to make a gray icon with a gear and put that where you have parked Settings on your screen.
I removed the app from the home screen
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Darth Tulhu
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I updated reluctantly. I DON'T think it's an improvement, but it's not a deal-breaker either.
In this case, I fall on the side of "whatever".
In this case, I fall on the side of "whatever".
Perhaps not, but others are sharing the same kinds of experiences.
Apple customers are paying a premium for their products from a company that behaves as if it is infallible. Do you not think they have a right to expect, at the very minimum, a stable system update? The 26 builds are fully in the character of something that Microsoft would have hacked to hit a delivery deadline.
Ahh yes, excellent idea. Created an account just to say thank you Alan. This is infuriating.
I waited for the 26.1s as well, but the jump was premature. I will be more cautious with the 27s.
I have the 26.1 build on a 13. The system is far more stable than the iPadOS 26.1. In addition, iOS appears to be taking up 12 to 13 GB.