{"id":340263,"date":"2025-12-10T03:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340263\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T03:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:42:10","slug":"is-there-a-new-update-for-iphones-apple-expected-to-release-this-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340263\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a new update for iPhones? Apple expected to release this soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/87214234007-pghe-4427-ios-26-callfeaturesholdtranscription-3.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How your iPhone can screen calls, sit on hold for you<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s iOS 26 gives your iPhone the power to screen unknown callers and hold your place in line.<\/p>\n<p>Problem Solved<\/p>\n<p>A new update was available for iPhone users\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/news\/nation\/california\/2025\/09\/09\/iphone-17-and-iphone-air-preorder-cost-and-colors\/86058219007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">back in September<\/a>; Apple\u2019s iOS 26, which introduced the Liquid Glass design and new features thanks to its artificial intelligence system. Now, iPhone users are expected to be able to update their devices to iOS 26.2 soon.<\/p>\n<p>Before iOS 26 was iOS 18, some users may still be running iOS 18, in part due to concerns that the new update would do more harm than good, as evidenced by various opinions and experiences shared online about iOS 26. Over the course of iOS 18, Apple rolled out numerous updates that fixed bugs, provided security updates, and brought new features to users.<\/p>\n<p>That process continues with iOS 26. In November, Apple released iOS 26.1, and reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2025\/12\/09\/apple-ios-262-1-billion-iphone-users-must-install-new-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/12\/05\/new-things-iphone-can-do-ios-26-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacRumors<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/12\/08\/ios-26-2-gets-new-rc-for-iphone-ahead-of-launch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9to5Mac<\/a> said that the iOS 26.2 update could be released in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s new with iOS 26.2?<\/p>\n<p>Among the new features mentioned by MacRumors and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidphelan\/2025\/12\/08\/ios-26-2-surprise-change-means-next-iphone-critical-update-is-almost-here-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>\u00a0are the ability to set an alarm for reminders, see lyrics in Apple Music offline, and new features for AirDrop and CarPlay.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re still using iOS 18 or older operating systems, here\u2019s what to know about iOS 26 generally.<\/p>\n<p>How is iOS 26 different from iOS 18?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the new features that come with iOS 26:<\/p>\n<p>A new design for your home screen, lock screen, control center, and apps called Liquid Glass.Apple Intelligence-compatible devices can now do live translation, which translates text and audio in the messages app, displays live, translated captions in FaceTime, and more.Apple Intelligence can automatically identify and summarize order-tracking details from emails, allowing users to view order details and progress notifications in one place.More ways to manage unwanted calls and screen messages from unknown numbersApple Music will display the translated lyrics for select songs sung in another language.The new Games appThe Phone app can notify you when a live agent is ready for you if you\u2019ve been on hold.Can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18?<\/p>\n<p>When you upgrade to iOS 26, Apple does not let you downgrade to iOS 18, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/when-is-ios-26-2-out-when-to-update-iphone-ipad-2025-ios-26-2-release-date-time-apple-ios-26-1\/87668361007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA TODAY Network reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How do I update my phone?<\/p>\n<p>Ready for the latest version of iOS? Plug your device into power, connect to Wi-Fi, then go to settings, said Apple. Go to General, then tap Software Update. You\u2019ll be able to see the currently installed iOS on your iPhone and whether an update is available. If there is an update, tap to download and install it.<\/p>\n<p>Can I get iOS 26 on my iPhone? See compatible devices<\/p>\n<p>People with an iPhone 11 or newer can download iOS 26. The update is also available to people with an iPhone SE (2nd generation and later). However, some of the new features may only be available on newer iPhones. For example, Apple Intelligence features are compatible with iPhone 15 Pro models and newer, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/121115\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pbarraza@gannett.com\">pbarraza@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How your iPhone can screen calls, sit on hold for you Apple&#8217;s iOS 26 gives your iPhone the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[517,11623,40336,4647,2356,13559,13541,13715,851,4535,4536,87245,27077,3729,13555,165,16776,13545,13558,13547,3,59217,59220,13470,13560,12074,13544,7270,13690,13110,13546,1984,74,10353,1596,826,13557],"class_list":["post-340263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-apple-inc","tag-ca-content-sharing-statewide","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-california-connect","tag-connect","tag-content","tag-inc","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-security","tag-iphones","tag-local","tag-local-connect","tag-mobile","tag-mobile-phones","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-operating","tag-operating-systems","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-phones","tag-point","tag-security","tag-sharing","tag-statewide","tag-story","tag-systems","tag-technology","tag-technology-news","tag-the","tag-to","tag-to-the-point"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}