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Here's When iOS 26 Rolls Out Today in Every Time Zone

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Today's the day. Apple is about to release iOS 26, which will deliver the biggest redesign since iOS 7 and bring a range of new features and improvements to iPhones worldwide. It's Apple's biggest software update of the year, and Apple announced at last week's iPhone event that it will be releasing iOS 26 sometime today – Monday, September 15.

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Based on past releases, the update is likely to drop at around 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time/1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Apple's own websites for countries around the world also suggest a 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time release, with Apple's site for India listing a September 15 launch while the company's Indonesian page lists a September 16 release, pointing to a narrow window around 10:00 a.m. Pacific to line up with time zone differences.

To give iPhone users globally an idea of when iOS 26 should become available as an over-the-air update, we've compiled the below list of time zone conversions for several countries. This list isn't exhaustive, so please verify the exact time for your specific location, and bear in mind that there could always be a delay as Apple prepares its servers for rollout.

  • Australia West - 1:00 a.m. AWST (Tues)
  • Australia East - 3:00 a.m. AEST (Tues)
  • Austria - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Belgium - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Brazil East - 2:00 p.m. BRT
  • Canada West - 10:00 a.m. PDT
  • Canada East - 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • China - 1:00 a.m. CST (Tues)
  • Denmark - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Finland - 8:00 p.m. EEST
  • France - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Germany - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Guernsey - 6:00 p.m. BST
  • Hong Kong - 1:00 a.m. HKT (Tues)
  • India - 10:30 p.m. IST
  • Indonesia West - midnight WIB (Tues)
  • Ireland - 6:00 p.m. IST
  • Isle of Man - 6:00 p.m. BST
  • Italy - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Japan - 2:00 a.m. JST (Tues)
  • Jersey - 6:00 p.m. BST



  • Luxembourg - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Netherlands - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • New Zealand - 5:00 a.m. NZST (Tues)
  • Norway - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Portugal - 6:00 p.m. WEST
  • Puerto Rico - 1:00 p.m. AST
  • Saudi Arabia - 8:00 p.m. AST
  • Singapore - 1:00 a.m. SGT (Tues)
  • South Korea - 2:00 a.m. KST (Tues)
  • Spain - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Sweden - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Switzerland - 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Taiwan - 1:00 a.m. CST (Tues)
  • UAE - 9:00 p.m. GST
  • United Kingdom - 6:00 p.m. BST
  • United States West - 10:00 a.m. PDT
  • United States Mountain - 11:00 a.m. MDT
  • United States Central - noon CDT
  • United States East - 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • US Virgin Islands - 1:00 p.m. AST

Be Prepared to Wait

When iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 become available as an over-the-air update, make sure your device is fully charged before you start the process over Wi-Fi, as it may take some time to complete. To check that the update is available, go to Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update, and wait a moment for your device to contact Apple's servers. If you're in no rush, you can wait for iOS 26 to be delivered to your iPhone when you next plug it into your computer.
On that note, a word of caution: During the initial rollout of major software updates like iOS 26, Apple users may experience slower download speeds and sluggish performance when trying to update their devices. This is largely due to the high demand on Apple's servers, as millions of users worldwide attempt to download the update simultaneously.

The surge in traffic can overwhelm network capacity, leading to delays in downloading or installing the update. To avoid these potential issues, you may want to wait a day or two before installing the update, allowing server congestion to subside and ensuring a smoother upgrade experience.

Article Link: Here's When iOS 26 Rolls Out Today in Every Time Zone
 
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Cursed here. I usually wait this out until a .1 release but I'm picking up an iPhone 17 pro on Saturday which will have iOS 26 on it and I'm without unmetered internet for a few days as of tomorrow so I've got to update absolutely everything I and my family own tonight for the device hand me down session which is quite a pile of kit.

Hope the hell it all works!
 
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Will be updating soon. Cannot wait to try it out on my new M4 iPad Pro. All the changes this year are good.
 
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Waiting for the public non-beta release of iOS 18.7 but I have a feeling that the iOS 18.7 RC build number is actually the public non-beta release build number.

I'll just leave iOS 26.0 in the hands of the brave souls. When I tried the final build of iOS 18.0, I decided that iOS 17.7 is better so I'm going to do the same with iOS 26.0 which is stay on iOS 18.7 or whatever the last update will be before upgrading. So long as I am using an iPhone 11 Pro Max, I'll have no choice but to upgrade to iOS 26.x eventually.
 
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I haven’t downloaded the beta RC so that I can update to the non-beta iOS 26 update today. Is that correct? If I had downloaded the beta RC, I couldn’t have downloaded the non-beta iOS 26 because the iPhone would have thought it already is iOS 26?
 
I downloaded the latest RC last night on my M4 iPad Pro, and it is buggy AF, and felt rather slow. I would suggest for less adventurous people and your parents, to have them wait to install until offered the '26 releases by default later this year, probably corresponding with the release of .2

Have them install the security updates that will likely come out today for iOS 18 and friends, which they will probably be offered by default.

The '26 releases feel like a less slow version of iOS 7, which didn't really get sorted out until the spring after it came out.
 
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beautyहमempty said:
I haven’t downloaded the beta RC so that I can update to the non-beta iOS 26 update today. Is that correct? If I had downloaded the beta RC, I couldn’t have downloaded the non-beta iOS 26 because the iPhone would have thought it already is iOS 26?
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your device will update to whatever the latest build is. If you have build 340 installed (the latest RC) and they release 341, then it will update to 341. It's less about version numbers and more about build numbers.
 
Thanks for the list. Now I know when to check for the update. Looking forward most to iPadOS 26 on my M2 Air.

For the people in some regions in this list, it would be easier if the times were (additionally) presented in 24hr notations rather than in am/pm format. I understand that MR is US based but this article is clearly directed at an international audience.
 
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beautyहमempty said:
I haven’t downloaded the beta RC so that I can update to the non-beta iOS 26 update today. Is that correct? If I had downloaded the beta RC, I couldn’t have downloaded the non-beta iOS 26 because the iPhone would have thought it already is iOS 26?
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If there are no last minute changes then the RC and final release will be identical so there is nothing to update. If there are last minute changes and the final release is a newer build than the RC then you can still update from the RC to the final release, although you usually need to turn off the beta profile in software updates in order to see the final release in this scenario.
 
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JaydenA said:
Even in a country where am/pm is common, my career led me to shift exclusively to 24 hour times, often UTC based. I find 00h/12h is far easier than 12am/pm.
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The list half admits that because they use the words midnight and noon rather than 12 o'clock with its attendant ambiguities.

I think people almost completely ignore that you can perfectly well talk of 18 o'clock - there is no actual barrier which means you have to say 6 o'clock (pm, in the evening, or whatever). It sounds a touch odd to begin with, then it's normal.
 
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If there are no last minute changes then the RC and final release will be identical so there is nothing to update. If there are last minute changes and the final release is a newer build than the RC then you can still update from the RC to the final release, although you usually need to turn off the beta profile in software updates in order to see the final release in this scenario.
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That’s what I found on the internet before the betas came out. I’m happy, that you confirm that and I’m glad I haven’t downloaded the beta RC.
 
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I really don’t like it. And it’s still quite buggy and laggy. One issue is that when using CarPlay, my playlists aren’t in title order, despite being set to that in the Music app and I can’t see anyway to sort them within CarPlay itself. Annoying as hell.
 
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