{"id":125695,"date":"2025-09-09T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/125695\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:50:11","slug":"apple-announces-ios-26-release-date-september-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/125695\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces iOS 26 release date: September 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iOS-26-release-date.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"iOS 26 release date\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of the biggest days of Apple\u2019s year, with the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/09\/iphone-17-looms-apple-event-live-blog-and-news-hub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Awe dropping\u2019 event<\/a> headlined by the iPhone 17 lineup and other new hardware. On the software front, we got some good news too: iOS 26 is coming very soon.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26 gets official release date from Apple<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26 was first unveiled back in June at WWDC. Since then, the forthcoming software update has been in beta testing.<\/p>\n<p>After three months in beta, Apple is nearly ready to ship iOS 26 to all users.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26 will officially release on Monday, September 15.<\/p>\n<p>New features include the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/02\/ios-26s-new-liquid-glass-design-somehow-checks-all-the-right-boxes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liquid Glass redesign<\/a>, major updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/07\/heres-everything-new-for-apple-wallet-in-ios-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Wallet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/11\/carplay-in-ios-26-heres-everything-new-coming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CarPlay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/28\/heres-everything-new-in-the-messages-app-with-ios-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Messages<\/a>, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available to all users with a <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/24\/ios-26-supports-these-recent-iphones-but-drops-three-models\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">compatible iPhone model<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Supported iPhones include:<\/p>\n<p>all new iPhone 17 models<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16e<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16 and 16 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 15 and 15 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 14 and 14 Plus<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 13 and 13 mini<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 12 and 12 mini<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 11<\/p>\n<p>iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>iPhone SE (2nd gen and newer)<\/p>\n<p>Notably, there are three omissions from this list.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR will not be supported by iOS 26\u2014despite being able to run iOS 18.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is still expected to ship new security fixes for unsupported iPhones occasionally, as it historically has.<\/p>\n<p>But for users wanting iOS 26\u2019s new features and the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/02\/ios-26s-new-liquid-glass-design-somehow-checks-all-the-right-boxes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liquid Glass redesign<\/a>, you\u2019ll need one of the many models listed above.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet been running the iOS 26 beta, will you install right away when it launches? Or hold off for iOS 26.1? 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