iOS 26 is off to a shockingly slow start. Only 15–16% of iPhones worldwide are running any version of the update, according to StatCounter. iOS 26.1 accounts for 10.6%, 26.2 for 4.6%, and the original ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 on Friday, Dec. 12 and, alongside it, iOS 18.7.3. However, reports emerged that while it was installing nicely on iPhones that couldn’t run iOS 26, nobody else was getting it.

Apple has released a new iOS 26 update — but millions of iPhone users are still running iOS 18. Here’s why delaying is increasingly risky.