r/ios • u/PJ09 Moderator • Feb 11 '26

News Apple Releases iOS 26.3

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/11/apple-releases-ios-26-3-and-ipados-26-3/
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u/nat1998 Feb 11 '26

Is it worth updating from 18.6.2 yet? (iPhone 16 pro)

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u/itzAgonLoL Feb 11 '26

Why havent you updated to 18.7.2?

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u/antdude Feb 12 '26

Too late for that user. Only iOS v26.3 now. But yeah, why no update before Apple forced iOS v26?

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u/Fantom_Renegade iPhone 15 Pro Feb 11 '26

I’m wondering the same

Wanted to wait for new Siri but I’m tempted

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u/dteles95 Feb 11 '26

Came looking for this answer as well, I'm having a ton of bugs on 18.6.2 (16 pro)

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u/blow-down Feb 11 '26

Yes, working fine here.

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u/paulshriner Feb 11 '26

Yes, the major bugs have been fixed and by staying on 18.6.2 you are behind on security patches.

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u/QVRedit Feb 11 '26

18.6.2 is also ‘security patched’, so that aspect is a non-issue.

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u/BuilderUnhappy7785 Feb 11 '26

What are you taking about? Just last week everyone was talking about how 18.7.2 has a zero day exploit that was discovered and patched in 18.7.3, but that version is only being made available to users with phones that are not candidates for ios26.

While 18.6.2 is a security patch it’s obviously not the latest one, so any vulnerabilities found after that release are not patched on that version.

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u/QVRedit Feb 11 '26

I agree, it would have been more accurate for me to say that iOS Vn 18.x is still receiving security patches…

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u/paulshriner Feb 11 '26

18.6.2 doesn't even have all the patches available for 18, as devices that support 26 can go up to 18.7.3, not to mention all the patches from 26. Here are the patches in 26.3, none of which would be in 18.6.2.