Apple Releases iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1 With Bug Fixes and Studio Display Support

Wednesday March 4, 2026 10:42 am PST by Juli Clover

Apple today released iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1, minor updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems. The software comes three weeks after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3.

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The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

According to Apple's release notes, the update adds support for the new Studio Display and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR, and it includes unspecified bug fixes.

Apple is also beta testing iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, major updates that are set to come out this spring.

Related Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26

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Top Rated Comments

jonnyb098

20 weeks ago

Can't wait for this to fix one bug and cause two more, as is the pattern with their software lately.

Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Genelec8341

20 weeks ago

With unspecified bug fixes comes a host of new bugs. It's the whack a mole paradox.

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

TwoBytes

20 weeks ago

I hope this makes the battery to somwhere near iOS 18 standards..but somehow I know it won't as Liquid Glass is like Galatus the soul destroyer of batteries.

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Theboi

20 weeks ago

Can't wait for this to fix one bug and cause two more, as is the pattern with their software lately.

So it isn’t just me! Every single update of iOS 26 (except 26.2.1 or whatever it was) fixed one bug but added at least 2 more. Some of the new bugs still haven’t gotten fixed and some got worse.

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

jonnyb098

20 weeks ago

I hope this makes the battery to somwhere near iOS 18 standards..but somehow I know it won't as Liquid Glass is like Galatus the soul destroyer of batteries.

Here is some irony. My 2.5 year old iPhone 15 actually has the best battery life its ever had on 26.3. I get 6 hours of screen on time and my battery health is 86%. My 1.5 year old iPad Pro M4 on the other hand is at 93% battery healthy and I also get around 6 hours of screen on time. It's terrible.

Software optimization is KEY!

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)