iOS 26.2—Apple Gives iPhone Users 3 New Reasons To Update From iOS 18

ByKate O'Flaherty,

Senior Contributor.

Apple’s iOS 26.2 update is arriving very soon — with the release candidate now available, it could even drop next week. Apple’s iOS 26 has been out for nearly three months now, so there are a bunch of reasons to upgrade to iOS 26.2 from iOS 18 when it lands.

Here are three very good reasons to update to iOS 26.2 if you are still on iOS 18.

One very good reason to upgrade from iOS 18 to iOS 26.2 is that Apple itself is recommending iPhone users update to its iOS 26 software. That’s according to a new report on Apple focused site MacRumors, which describes how the iPhone maker is making iOS 26.1 the recommended iOS update in the Settings app.