But no more iOS 18 updates. I’d love to know the actual breakdown of iOS versions running on devices right now. I haven’t heard Apple crowing about it this year, which makes me suspect the 26 upgrade number is still lagging behind.
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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Ars Technica had an interesting perspective recently on iOS 18 vs. 26 update adoption -- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/are-people-avoiding-ios-26-because-of-liquid-glass-its-complicated/ . It's a bit of a statistical muddle.
Very unfortunate that Apple has consigned those of us that have devices theoretically capable of running iOS 26 to 18.7.2 . Since iOS 12 is still being patched, perhaps I should fire up one of my old phones and pick up security updates that way, versus subjecting myself to 26.
I’ve still got a device on iOS 9 and another on iOS 13.
12.5.8 came out today.
https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=01262026j
Edit: Whoops, I actually opened the link and see MacRumors mentioned this. And they mentioned an iOS 18 update too…