Apple today confirmed that iOS 26.2.1 and watchOS 26.2.1 are on the way. The updates will likely be released this week, so keep an eye out as early as today.
While these will be minor software updates, they do include a few things:
The new AirTag requires an iPhone running iOS 26.2.1 or later, according to Apple.
With watchOS 26.2.1, you can use Precision Finding on the Apple Watch Series 9 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later to find a second-generation AirTag. Precision Finding on the Apple Watch does not work with the original AirTag.
Here is what Precision Finding looks like on the Apple Watch:
Apple today seeded the second beta of watchOS 27 to developers, with the update coming two weeks after the launch of the first beta.
The beta can be downloaded through the Watch app on the iPhone with a free developer account. The Apple Watch will need to be on the charger, connected to Wi-Fi, and have a battery level of 50 percent or above for new software to be installed. The beta is...
Apple today provided developers with the third betas of upcoming watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, and visionOS 26.6 betas for testing purposes. The software comes two weeks after Apple seeded the second betas.
The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required.
There's no word on what's in the...
Thursday June 25, 2026 12:16 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Apple today seeded a new beta of watchOS 27 for the Apple Watch Ultra 3, with the update coming over two weeks after the launch of the first beta. This beta is only available for the Apple Watch Ultra 3, which did not get the second beta update that came out earlier this week.
The beta can be downloaded through the Watch app on the iPhone with a free developer account. The Apple Watch will...
* The new AirTag requires an iPhone running iOS 26.2.1 or later. * 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 so all iPhones still on iOS 18 won’t work with it? This is why they need to stop with the yearly releases.
New hardware understandably may need new software to work, because there is simply no way to anticipate the workings of a future device when writing software today.
* The new AirTag requires an iPhone running iOS 26.2.1 or later. * 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 so all iPhones still on iOS 18 won’t work with it? This is why they need to stop with the yearly releases.
People can of course not update. Why should your views on yearly releases impact me?
* The new AirTag requires an iPhone running iOS 26.2.1 or later. * 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 so all iPhones still on iOS 18 won’t work with it? This is why they need to stop with the yearly releases.
Apple's first foldable iPhone, with a book-style design featuring a ~5.5-inch outer display and a ~7.8-inch inner display with a minimal crease down the middle.
