Apple has released iOS 26.4 for the iPhone and more. Also available today is 18.7.7 for older iPhones and iPads. This update comes ahead of the launch of AirPods Max 2 headphones, which will require iOS 26.4 for the newest features.
Here’s what you can download and install to your devices right now:
- iOS 26.4 (23E246)
- iPadOS 26.4 (23E246)
- macOS 26.4 (25E246)
- tvOS 26.4 (23L243)
- visionOS 26.4 (23O247)
- watchOS 26.4 (23T240)
- iOS 18.7.7 (22H333)
- iPadOS 18.7.7 (22H333)
Apple Music
- Playlist Playground (beta): Generates a playlist from your description, complete with a title, description, and tracklist. Not available in Canada despite being mentioned in Canadian release notes. So USA only.
- Concerts: Helps you discover nearby shows from artists in your library and recommends new artists based on what you listen to.
- Offline Music Recognition: Control Centre identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you’re back online.
- Ambient Music widget: Brings curated playlists for Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing to the Home Screen.
- Full screen backgrounds: Gives album and playlist pages a more immersive look.
Accessibility
- Reduce bright effects: Minimizes bright flashes when tapping on elements like buttons.
- Subtitle and caption settings: Available from the captions icon while viewing media, making them easier to find, customize, and preview.
- Reduce Motion setting: More reliably reduces the animations of Liquid Glass for users sensitive to on-screen motion.
Enhancements and Bug Fixes
- Support for AirPods Max 2: Full integration for Apple’s latest over ear headphones.
- 8 New Emoji: Includes an orca, trombone, landslide, ballet dancer, and distorted face.
- Freeform: Gains advanced image creation and editing tools, plus a premium content library through Apple Creator Studio.
- Urgent Reminders: Mark reminders as urgent from the Quick Toolbar or by touching and holding; includes a new filter for urgent reminders in smart lists.
- Purchase Sharing: Adult members in Family Sharing groups can now use their own payment method without relying on the family organiser.
- Improved Keyboard Accuracy: Enhanced precision when typing quickly.
Apple also says, “Software updates, like this one, add new features and improvements that may affect performance and/or battery life.” You can update your iPhone or iPad by going to Settings > General > Software Update. This is coming in at a 9.9GB update for the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Direct download links are below for iOS 26.4, iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 26.4:
- iOS 26.4 (Build 23L243) for:
- iOS 18.7.7 (Build 22H333) for:
- iOS 26.4 (Build 23E246) for:
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad8,1) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Wi-Fi, 1 TB) (iPad8,2) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Cellular) (iPad8,3) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Cellular, 1 TB) (iPad8,4) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad8,5) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (12.9”, Wi-Fi, 1 TB) (iPad8,6) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (12.9”, Cellular) (iPad8,7) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (12.9”, Cellular, 1 TB) (iPad8,8) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad8,9) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (11”, Cellular) (iPad8,10) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad8,11) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (12.9”, Cellular) (iPad8,12) — Download
- iPad mini 5 (Wi-Fi) (iPad11,1) — Download
- iPad mini 5 (Cellular) (iPad11,2) — Download
- iPad Air 3 (Wi-Fi) (iPad11,3) — Download
- iPad Air 3 (Cellular) (iPad11,4) — Download
- iPad 8 (Wi-Fi) (iPad11,6) — Download
- iPad 8 (Cellular) (iPad11,7) — Download
- iPad 9 (Wi-Fi) (iPad12,1) — Download
- iPad 9 (Cellular) (iPad12,2) — Download
- iPad Air 4 (Wi-Fi) (iPad13,1) — Download
- iPad Air 4 (Cellular) (iPad13,2) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad13,4) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Cellular) (iPad13,5) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad13,6) — Download
- iPad Pro 3 (11”, Cellular) (iPad13,7) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad13,8) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad13,9) — Download
- iPad Air 4 (Cellular) (iPad13,10) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (12.9”, Cellular) (iPad13,11) — Download
- iPad Air 5 (Wi-Fi) (iPad13,16) — Download
- iPad Air 4 (Cellular) (iPad13,17) — Download
- iPad 10 (Wi-Fi) (iPad13,18) — Download
- iPad 10 (Cellular) (iPad13,19) — Download
- iPad mini 6 (Wi-Fi) (iPad14,1) — Download
- iPad mini 6 (Cellular) (iPad14,2) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad14,3) — Download
- iPad Pro 4 (11”, Cellular) (iPad14,4) — Download
- iPad Pro 6 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad14,5) — Download
- iPad Pro 6 (12.9”, Cellular) (iPad14,6) — Download
- iPad Air 6 (Wi-Fi) (iPad14,8) — Download
- iPad Air 4 (Cellular) (iPad14,9) — Download
- iPad Air 6 (13”, Wi-Fi) (iPad14,10) — Download
- iPad Air 6 (13”, Cellular) (iPad14,11) — Download
- iPad mini 7 (Wi-Fi) (iPad16,1) — Download
- iPad mini 7 (Cellular) (iPad16,2) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad16,3) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (11”, Cellular) (iPad16,4) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad16,5) — Download
- iPad Pro 5 (12.9”, Wi-Fi) (iPad16,6) — Download
- iPhone 11 (iPhone12,1) — Download
- iPhone 11 Pro (iPhone12,3) — Download
- iPhone 11 Pro Max (iPhone12,5) — Download
- iPhone SE (2020) (iPhone12,8) — Download
- iPhone 12 mini (iPhone13,1) — Download
- iPhone 12 (iPhone13,2) — Download
- iPhone 12 Pro (iPhone13,3) — Download
- iPhone 12 Pro Max (iPhone13,4) — Download
- iPhone 13 Pro (iPhone14,2) — Download
- iPhone 13 Pro Max (iPhone14,3) — Download
- iPhone 13 mini (iPhone14,4) — Download
- iPhone 13 (iPhone14,5) — Download
- iPhone SE (2022) (iPhone14,6) — Download
- iPhone 14 (iPhone14,7) — Download
- iPhone 14 Plus (iPhone14,8) — Download
- iPhone 14 Pro (iPhone15,2) — Download
- iPhone 14 Pro Max (iPhone15,3) — Download
- iPhone 15 (iPhone15,4) — Download
- iPhone 15 Plus (iPhone15,5) — Download
- iPhone 15 Pro (iPhone16,1) — Download
- iPhone 15 Pro Max (iPhone16,2) — Download
- iPhone 16 Pro (iPhone17,1) — Download
- iPhone 16 Pro Max (iPhone17,2) — Download
- iPhone 16 (iPhone17,3) — Download
- iPhone 16 Plus (iPhone17,4) — Download
- iPhone 16e (iPhone17,5) — Download
- iPad 11 (Wi-Fi) (iPad15,7) — Download
- iPad 11 (Cellular) (iPad15,8) — Download
- iPad Air 7 (13”, Wi-Fi) (iPad15,5) — Download
- iPad Air 7 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad15,3) — Download
- iPad Air 7 (11”, Cellular) (iPad15,4) — Download
- iPad Air 7 (13”, Cellular) (iPad15,6) — Download
- iPhone 17 Pro Max (iPhone18,2) — Download
- iPhone Air (iPhone18,4) — Download
- iPhone 17 Pro (iPhone18,1) — Download
- iPhone 17 (iPhone18,3) — Download
- iPad Pro 8 (11”, Cellular) (iPad17,2) — Download
- iPad Pro 8 (11”, Wi-Fi) (iPad17,1) — Download
- iPad Pro 8 (13”, Wi-Fi) (iPad17,3) — Download
- iPad Pro 8 (13”, Cellular) (iPad17,4) — Download
- iPad16,10 (iPad16,10) — Download
- iPad16,9 (iPad16,9) — Download
- iPad16,8 (iPad16,8) — Download
- iPad16,11 (iPad16,11) — Download
- iPhone18,5 (iPhone18,5) — Download
Apple News is crashing on all my Apple devices updated to 26.4
Playlist playground does not exist in Canada