According to a recent poll, iPhone users aren't downloading iOS 26 as widely as past iPhone software updates. The reason ...

Statcounter data indicates that iOS 26 is lagging significantly behind predecessors in adoption, with most users opting to ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 on Friday, Dec. 12 and, alongside it, iOS 18.7.3. However, reports emerged that while it was installing nicely on iPhones that couldn’t run iOS 26, nobody else was getting it.

On Friday, Dec. 12, Apple released the latest software for the iPhone, iOS 26.2. Almost unprecedentedly, it was released on a Friday instead of the usual Moday or Tuesday — Apple was determined not to ...

StatCounter data puts worldwide iOS 26 adoption at roughly 15%, a big drop from this time last year, when iOS 18 had a 63% ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 last week with important security fixes. At the same time, it also shipped iOS 18.7.3 for users who haven’t upgraded yet — at least in theory. In practice, Jason Snell at Six ...

OS 26 is showing unusually slow adoption among iPhone users months after release, according to third-party analytics. Usage ...

OS 26 adoption is unexpectedly slow with most iPhones still running older software, with a majority of users still weighing ...

That’s not as cataclysmic a dropoff as Statcounter’s data suggests, even before considering other mitigating factors—iOS 26 ...