{"id":489921,"date":"2026-02-25T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:26:07","slug":"apple-brings-age-verification-to-uk-users-in-ios-26-4-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/489921\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Apple is bringing age verification to the UK, as the latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify that they\u2019re over 18 following installation. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ios\/comments\/1re724v\/apple_starts_rolling_out_oslevel_age_verification\/#lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shown in screenshots<\/a> posted to Reddit, Apple says users who don\u2019t confirm their age \u201cwill not be able to download and purchase apps or make in-app purchases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">In one of the screenshots, Apple notes that it may automatically confirm that users are over 18 using the payment method connected to their account, or the age of their account. Otherwise, Apple may ask users to scan their credit cards to confirm their age. One Reddit user says that they were also given the option to scan their ID.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Verge reached out to Apple for more information about this update but didn\u2019t immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">This comes as Apple and tech companies contend with age verification requirements spreading across the globe. On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/884136\/apple-age-verification-assurance-underage-app-downloads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple announced<\/a> that it will start blocking users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading apps rated 18+ unless they verify that they\u2019re an adult using \u201creasonable methods.\u201d It will also begin sharing age categories with a developer\u2019s app to comply with local laws in Utah and Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple is bringing age verification to the UK, as the latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[517,4535,165,3,1343,172,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-489921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-ios","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-policy","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489921","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=489921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}