The wait is over: starting from today, Monday 15 September, it will be possible for compatible iPhone owners download the update to iOS26. Specifically, as regards our country, you can download from 19.00.
The news of iOS26
Announced with the presentation of the iPhone 17 on 9 September, the new Apple operating system promises to bring a series of improvements starting from the design and the graphicswhich will appear cleaner and fluid, with plays of light and translucent effect that reproduce a characteristic glass effect. The Liquid Glass, explains the giant of Cupertino on his official page, “He adds expressiveness to the design of the blocking screen, the home, the control center, the apps and much more”.
There is great expectation in particular for the novelties that will improve the experience of using Apple Intelligenceintroduced for the first time last year but enhanced with the new update and integrated in a more systematic way: the assistant will make its valuable contribution to the user in communication in different languages, dealing with the translation in real time both of texts and of audio conversations both for messages and face time. Without forgetting the enhancement of generative writing tools and those available for photographic editing. Not only that, since thanks to Visual Intelligence Ai will be able to analyze the screen content and suggest the user’s user to the user, as well as to proceed to search for photos or portions of images found online.
The updates will also affect the most used apps: with the implementation of personalized backgrounds and surveys in groups chats on “Messages“They will earn dynamism and customization. For phone calls and”Face time“It will be possible to have more effective anti-pam filters to block unwanted calls. To protect children, new solutions will be available: “Parents will in fact be able to transfer children more easily to minors accounts to keep them safe thanks to a wide range of dedicated parental checks” Apple specifies on the site referring to iOS26.
Artificial intelligence will also improve the experience of using other apps: Apple Music will provide the possibility of translating songs, Apple Maps will remember the usual and favorite places, Apple Wallet it will allow you to monitor a flight online based on boarding card e Apple Pay It will be able to trace the orders made and the position of the parcels in real time.
Compatible devices
The cell phones based on the A12 Bionic chip will remain excluded from updates, while those with a13 and superior chips will have no problem. IOS26 will be available for the following models:
- iPhone if (second generation);
- iPhone if (third generation);
- iPhone 11;
- iPhone 11 Pro;
- iPhone 11 Pro Max;
- iPhone 12;
- iPhone 12 mini;
- iPhone 12 Pro;
- iPhone 12 Pro Max;
- iPhone 13;
- iPhone 13 mini;
- iPhone 13 Pro;
- iPhone 13 Pro Max;
- iPhone 14;
- iPhone 14 Plus;
- iPhone 14 Pro;
- iPhone 14 Pro Max;
- iPhone 15;
- iPhone 15 Plus;
- iPhone 15 Pro;
- iPhone 15 Pro Max;
- iPhone 16e;
- iPhone 16;
- iPhone 16 Plus;
- iPhone 16 Pro;
- iPhone 16 Pro Max;
- iPhone 17;
- iPhone 17 Pro;
- iPhone 17 Pro Max;
- iPhone Air.
What to do
iOS26 will be released all over the world at 10.00 Pacific Time, then at 19.00 Italian. An ad hoc notification should arrive for everyone, otherwise it will be sufficient to monitor the update section of your iPhone.
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Tip, as always in these circumstances, is to load the battery to prevent the phone from turning off during the operations and carry out a backup of the system on Icloud.