iOS 26 Available Today With These 8 New Features

[HeroOfTime32]

I am more excited for iPad OS 26 then anything else.

Will iPad OS 26 ship with the iPad version of the Apple "Journal" app? That's what I've been waiting on the most!

 

[The Alpha Gamer]

Updated my iPad and journal appeared!

 

[macamazing]

Updated my iPad and journal appeared!

Nice!

 

[MrZippyUK]

Well pretty much all the bugs I reported, that are reproducible, were still present in the RC. Doubt today’s release is any different as the build number is 1 higher than the RC.

All the bugs are with new features or the Liquid Glass too. Examples:-

1. Battery charging status (including new changed to 80% in…) on lock screen shows in faint text after initial view, making almost impossible to see. The date is always correct brightness.

2. Using iOS in light mode, in email after viewing an email with a dark background, when yougo back to the email list the “filtered” button retains the dark background colour scheme. Exit mail and go back in and it’s back to correct colours.

Just two examples of many.

 

[Big_D]

Updated to 15.7, then waited 30 minutes and tried again and 26 was offered... Maybe just servers overloaded and people being pushed around?

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

Apple recommends that you backup prior to switching it to a new phone. So you back up. New phone arrives. You try to transfer your old phone to your new by placing in proximity. But it tells you that you cannot, because the iOS build on your old phone is newer than that on the phone you just received. So you have no option but to set the new phone up as a new. Then you must update it to the newest version of iOS (new builds have come out since it left the factory). Then you can restore from backup. The only issue is all of the time wasted setting up the new iPhone, just to then restore from a backup.

I've always had the new phone upgrade itself as part of the transfer process... never had to set it up as a new phone first. Unless I'm misunderstanding you.

 

[bodonnell202]

iOS 18 will be outdated tomorrow. It’s time for the new version, if not already on due to the beta process.

Nope, Apple just released iOS 18.7 and that is what I'll be updating to for the moment. Apple will continue to release security updates to iOS 18 for all devices until at least iOS 26.1 and I personally won't even consider updating to iOS 26 on my daily driver until then.