The first major iPhone update of 2026 has arrived, and iOS 26.3 introduces changes that are unprecedented for Apple. For the first time in the device's history, the software includes a native ‘Transfer to Android’ tool, allowing millions of users to migrate their data to a rival handset without the need for a third-party app.

Here’s iOS 26.3 and iOS 18.7.5 battery life drain being tested to show how they perform on different iPhone models.

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Apple has released iOS 26.3 fixing 39 security flaws — one of which is already being used in real-life attacks. Here's what you need to know.

Finally, both iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 are introducing a feature for some newer devices with Apple’s in-house C1 and C1X modems: a “limit precise location” toggle that Apple says “enhances your location privacy by reducing the precision of location data available to cellular networks.”

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As spotted by MacRumors, that’s precisely what happened today with iOS 26.2. In practice, this means that if you’re running iOS 26.2.1, which was released just a week ago, you can no longer downgrade to iOS 26.2 (or any other previous version, for that matter).

While iOS 26.3 is largely an incremental update, there are some new features that may prove useful or convenient, especially for European iPhone owners.

Apple’s latest iOS update has a few new interesting features, but all eyes are on iOS 26.4 with the new Siri just around the corner.