iOS 26.3 release date: Here’s when the next iPhone update will arrive
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Key Points:
- Apple is expected to release iOS 26.3 in late January, likely on Monday, January 26, following a consistent pattern of launching x.3 updates one week after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
- A minor update, iOS 26.2.1, may be released soon focusing on bug fixes, but iOS 26.3 will be the next update to introduce new features.
- iOS 26.3 includes changes such as new wallpaper options, a dedicated Weather section, an Android transfer setting to facilitate switching devices, and notification forwarding for non-Apple wearables in the EU.
- Additional features expected at public launch may include a new Black Unity wallpaper and potential end-to-end encryption for
