The number of days between Apple's September event and the release of the next iOS version has also trended -- slightly -- downward in the past decade. In 2015, Apple released iOS 9 on Sept. 16, seven days after the company's September event, and in 2022 Apple released iOS 16 on Sept. 12, five days after the company's Sept. 7 event.

Apple has released the seventh developer beta version of iOS 26. We expect the redesigned version of the iPhone

In presumably less than a month, the annual Apple iPhone event will be here, giving us a first look at the iPhone 17 lineup. With that should come the official date for downloading the latest software update,