RCS messaging between Android and iOS might get a major upgrade in the coming months based on code references in the iOS 26 beta.

While Apple is set to release iOS 26 this fall, the tech giant released an important iPhone security update in July. Apple released iOS 18.6 on July 29 and while the update doesn't change much on your device, it's filled with about two dozen bug and security fixes. One patch in particular is for a flaw that could be actively exploited.

Each fall’s major iOS update and its accompanying set of new features have become a staple of the iPhone user experience. iPhone owners – even those who don’t keep up with all the latest Apple news – expect and anticipate these enhancements every year.

The newest iPhone software release could be the last big update before Apple moves to the next-generation iOS 26. Here’s what’s in it.

OS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS protocol.

Apple iOS updates often introduce advanced new iPhone features and CarPlay is expected to get a major upgrade. Here's what you need to know.

With iOS 26, Apple fixes that, by building Visual Intelligence into the screenshot interface. Now you can use the same AI-powered features on any screenshot, from any app. It can be a web page, a video, a video game; if you can take a screenshot, you can use Visual Intelligence on it.

Just when it seemed clear exactly what was coming when for the new iPhones, a new part of the puzzle has become apparent.