Registered developers can currently access iOS 26 beta 2. Go to Settings > General > Software Update > Beta Updates and choose the iOS 26 Developer Beta option if you are a member of Apple's ...

Screenshot: Apple There are other new features dotted around iOS 18.4 too, including new emojis, and the ability to pause downloads from the update page in the App Store.

This release was something of a surprise, given that the previous update, iOS 18.4, landed just two weeks ago, on Monday, March 31 and it had new features and a slew of security fixes (more than ...

With the next update planned to release later this year, that gives it the title of iOS 2026, named after 2026. The update that launches in the autumn of 2026 will then be called iOS 27, and so on.