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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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Wild guess here but I recon 18.7 will be released alongside iOS 26 unless there are any zero day or severe vulnerabilities that's found. 18.6.2 is just a few weeks old.
Now the big question is do I go for 18.7 RC or 26.0 RC?
I am really happy with iOS 18.x now it seems to have matured, but am tempted by iOS 26.0 as well.
I am really happy with iOS 18.x now it seems to have matured, but am tempted by iOS 26.0 as well.
I say go with iOS 26.0 RC. Why? You'll have a longer opportunity to try things out and downgrade back to iOS 18 if needed.
Make a local backup before upgrading first. You won't be able to restore a backup made with iOS 26 to iOS 18.
I'd say it depends on how you use your device, apps being used and how important it is.
Personally I'll stay on iOS 18 until it stops receiving security updates. Usually its when the x.1 is being released.
If there aren't any killer features only available in iOS 26 that you really need stay on the latest version of iOS 18.
Good day. I currently have 18.6.1. Will I be able to roll back to 18.6.1 after installing 26? (18.6.2 drains the battery more, so I don't update to it)
No, Apple stopped signing 18.6.1 a couple weeks ago. You would have to downgrade to 18.6.2 (or 18.7 when 18.6.2 is no longer signed).
Yes. Since there are likely to be security patches in iOS 26 and iOS 18.7 they will prob release them at the same time. I can imagine that there are compability tweaks as well so that different versions work well together without issues.
There are a few minor bugs as well that might be fixed, but iOS 18 are solid these days. Have around 1500 users running the latest version on a number of different devices and they all seem happy.