OS 26.4 isn't the major update with new Siri features that we hoped for, but there are some useful quality of life improvements, and a little bit of fun with an AI playlist generator and new emoji characters.

Apple confirms hidden iOS 26 security update, and Google confirms silent iOS 18 spyware compromise. What you need to know and do.

Since November, shadowy attackers have been using the 'DarkSword' iOS exploit to hack vulnerable iPhones on certain iOS 18 versions.

Apple provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, which means we're going to see a public launch as soon as next week. The RC versions of the software include Apple's official release notes,

OS 26.4 is almost here, packed with a lot of new features, including three that have a good chance of becoming daily go-tos for users.

OS 26.3.1(a) arrives as a background security update with a WebKit navigation API input-validation fix, with no new features expected.

Macworld Last year’s 26-branded operating system updates, including macOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26 as well as the iPhone’s iOS 26, were dominated by a single but very broad design change. A new look called Liquid Glass was brought in across all of Apple’s devices,

Software updates tend to come with game-changing improvements to the user experience, but iOS 26 includes fresh bugs that have really riled up some Redditors.