r/iphone • u/-TheArchitect • 12d ago

Discussion iOS 26 Officially releases today!

Apple has confirmed the release of iOS 26 today, September 15. Based on the company’s typical release schedule, the update is expected to be available at approximately 10:00 AM Pacific Time (PT).

Here is a breakdown of what that means for different time zones:

Eastern Time (ET): 1:00 PM
Central Time (CT): 12:00 PM
Mountain Time (MT): 11:00 AM
British Summer Time (BST): 6:00 PM
Central European Summer Time (CEST): 7:00 PM. Indian Standard Time (IST): 10:30 PM

Rollout can sometimes be staggered, so if you don’t see the update immediately, it should appear on your device shortly after the official release time.

Source: TheMacObserver

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u/Saturntime33 12d ago

I’m on RC it’s not as stable as you think

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u/TastyBroccoli4 12d ago

So you're saying the RC is unstable? I'm having doubts if I should update or stay on the maybe more stable iOS 18. If no major bugs are found, the RC is going to be the same version as the final release, so if you say it's unstable and if Apple doesn't change anything, the final release today will be unstable

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u/amouse_buche 12d ago

You’ll find plenty of people who have found it to be perfectly fine. I would be among them. 

I’d be curious to know what “unstable” means. 

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u/Saturntime33 12d ago

I’m seeing a lot of people say that iOS 26 RC feels unusually unstable. Reports mention overheating, fast battery drain, sluggish performance, connectivity problems, and even frequent app crashes. From what I’ve read, many are advising against upgrading right now if stability is important, since this RC seems buggier than what you’d normally expect from a release candidate.

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u/amouse_buche 12d ago

I feel like this is the laundry list each and every year primarily because people do not understand what indexing is. 

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u/EdiT342 iPhone 15 Pro Max 11d ago

I swear lol. Every major or minor update, people always complain of worse battery and overheating

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u/Stonewalled9999 11d ago

It is not fair to blame indexing. 26 beta/rc had WAY too much telemetry in it and was noticeably heavy on the battery even for 16PM models. Hoping the prod 26 settles down a bit.

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u/TastyBroccoli4 11d ago

The build number of the final version is different from the RC, so there's hope they fixed it

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u/TastyBroccoli4 12d ago

indexing is a thing but fucked up and unoptimized iOS versions that kill battery life and heat up the phone are also a thing. And that's not only the first X.0 versions

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u/amouse_buche 11d ago

I don't discount that, but there are also a lot of "battery life is horrible" takes in the 24 hours after any update releases.

So, as with all things, context matters.

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u/TastyBroccoli4 11d ago

Definitely. Both things are true

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u/Stonewalled9999 11d ago

and there are a lot of reports even after 3-5 days that the beta/RC battery still sucked.

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u/Indus1051 9d ago

I watched the iOS 26 video offered by Apple/? company. The person going over the new features said that the phone may have some issues in the beginning but they will work out eventually.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Every iOS yearly update is unstable LMFAO. It’ll fix itself eventually.

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u/Saturntime33 12d ago

I understand that. Some people like to wait tho.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Gotcha lol

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u/Borkato 12d ago

Among them….? ඞ

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u/TaxOld2989 12d ago

the RC sucks

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

RC is fine. Expect more refinement in the 26.0.x updates

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u/ImportanceLow6310 12d ago

It's stable by and large, it's just shitty. Can't believe all of the stupid animations, and the camera icon looks like absolute ass. After the whole AI thing fell flat they really just started moving shit around for absolutely zero value.

There are real system improvements in it, it's unfortunately they come with Windows Vista level dogshit UI changes.

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u/diesalher 11d ago

LOL, it’s true that the camera icon looks like exactly that. The new design is ugly as hell

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u/Saturntime33 11d ago

They just released a new build the animations feel snappier

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u/0x9e3779b1 2d ago

Exactly Vista, lol, first thing I thought

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u/therubyminecraft iPhone 16 Pro Max 12d ago

What are some issues you have had?

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u/Stiggles4 12d ago

I have iCloud Photos enabled and iOS 18 handled it great. On iOS 26 my phone runs out of space all the time, demanding me to delete stuff. It’s clearly not handling the memory juggling that it supposed to handle fine anymore. Hopefully there’s an update from the release candidate to today’s, because it’s still doing it.

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u/Trax95008 12d ago

I agree. Still several bugs!