ByDavid Phelan,
Senior Contributor.
Apple’s next iPhone software release, unless there’s a minor bug fix beforehand, will be iOS 26.2. It’s becoming clearer exactly when it will land and we now have more details of what will almost certainly be in it, including intriguing new features.
Apple has already let slip that the next major iPhone update will land in December 2025 by confirming that Live Translation on AirPods will be release in the EU then. Since it’s overwhelmingly likely that this new element could only come in a big-number release, that points to it being iOS 26.2.
In recent years, the x.2 release has been as early as Dec. 10, but I think this year, since the current iOS 26.1 release came a few days later than in 2024, for instance, we’re looking at the following week, while still being mid-December.
