Apple’s iOS 26 release date is coming up: Check to see if your iPhone is compatible for the update

We’re only a few days away Apple’s iPhone 17 event, which the company has dubbed “awe dropping” and scheduled for Tuesday, September 9. If all goes as expected, we should get to download iOS 26 and iPad 26 about a week later.

Coming with those OS updates are substantial changes to your iPhone and iPad’s software. You may have already heard about “Liquid Glass,” which (intentional or not) is sort of like Apple’s take on the old