iOS 26.2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[BBDDVV]

From IOS 18 to IOS 26.2 - iphone 15pro, was the biggest mistake i've done recently. Im feeling the phone is slow, when you do a lot of things, a need to call someone, the phone app i so slow when i opened it. It takes time to load contanct or recents.... The biggest crap of the year........

hmmm, I wonder what's causing it for you as for me, also 15Pro, I'm not experiencing this, I can still do things as quickly (regarding responsiveness of the phone) as in iOS18... I.e. there is still hope! (... and I hope you find the culprit sooner than later! 🤞)

 

[gank41]

From IOS 18 to IOS 26.2 - iphone 15pro, was the biggest mistake i've done recently. Im feeling the phone is slow, when you do a lot of things, a need to call someone, the phone app i so slow when i opened it. It takes time to load contanct or recents.... The biggest crap of the year........

I'm having this same issue with the Phone app. Recents and Voicemails seem to take quite a while to load up instead of just being there already, as it's always been. Also, if I have Silence Unknown Callers enabled, and those calls are still being filtered, why do I still see a Badge Number for these missed calls? Where are the Voicemails left for the Unknown/Filtered calls? I can see the time stamp of their call, but no way to see if they've left me a Voicemail.. Sometimes I still get calls from unknown numbers, too. So it doesn't work 100% of the time. The Phone app, to me, is one of the worst apps now after the 26 OS's came out.

 

[13paul13]

Not quite the same issue but my iPhone SE2020 incoming call ring is permanently muted. I've tried all the six or seven related settings published on net to unmute without success.

Does that model phone have the Silent switch on the side of the phone? If so, have you checked it to see if it’s in the mute position? (Not saying this to be snarky. When I used my iPhone 11 once there was a time I wasn’t getting any audio notifications for calls, etc and I looked at a number of settings but couldn’t see anything wrong, and then realised that the physical Silent switch on the side of the phone was in the mute position, so I must’ve accidentally caught it at some point.)

 

[dwrufus53]

From IOS 18 to IOS 26.2 - iphone 15pro, was the biggest mistake i've done recently. Im feeling the phone is slow, when you do a lot of things, and i need to call someone, the phone app i so slow when i opened it. It takes time to load contanct or recents.... The biggest crap of the year........

Well, today is only the 9th.

 

[foggygray]

Some fun with iOS 26.2 lock screen clock.

 

[nekton1]

Does that model phone have the Silent switch on the side of the phone? If so, have you checked it to see if it’s in the mute position? (Not saying this to be snarky. When I used my iPhone 11 once there was a time I wasn’t getting any audio notifications for calls, etc and I looked at a number of settings but couldn’t see anything wrong, and then realised that the physical Silent switch on the side of the phone was in the mute position, so I must’ve accidentally caught it at some point.)

Thanks, but first thing I checked.

 

[ShaneSparkyYYZ]

Updated Wiki for Carrier file - Canada - Rogers, from 67.1 to 67.2, update came out today Jan 14/2026

 

[christian.terra]

Does anyone know how to stop these suggestions from showing up in search? I know you can hide them but they end up coming back. The Verizon app “suggestion” to buy a new phone is the most annoying one.

 

[bogdanw]

Keyboard in iOS 26.2

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7595736037427629323

 

[gank41]

Still unable to swipe away media in the Messages app to get back to the message. You used to be able to swipe away at any photo or video you watched and now you have to tap the X in the top right to get back. Pretty lame..

 

[ManuCH]

View attachment 2596437 Does anyone know how to stop these suggestions from showing up in search? I know you can hide them but they end up coming back. The Verizon app “suggestion” to buy a new phone is the most annoying one.

Open Settings. Tap Siri & Search. Scroll down the list of apps until you find Verizon (or the specific app annoying you).

Tap on it and toggle OFF these two settings:
- Show App in Search
- Suggest App (or "Learn from this App")

You can also turn off all the Siri suggestions in Search: in Settings, under Siri & Search, scroll down to the "Suggestions" section. Toggle OFF the switch for "Suggest Apps before searching".

 

[13paul13]

Still unable to swipe away media in the Messages app to get back to the message. You used to be able to swipe away at any photo or video you watched and now you have to tap the X in the top right to get back. Pretty lame..

I don’t really use iMessage, more WhatsApp. But I have the odd message in Messages. I haven’t got any videos, but have a couple of conversations with photos. Opening an image in the message, I can still swipe anywhere on the photo to ‘dismiss’ it, I don’t need to press the X button. (15 Pro.)