Another update for the iPhone is coming! Apple is working on iOS 18.2.1, which fixes major software issues. We already know this.
iOS 18.2.1
Apple has only just released iOS 18.2, but is already working on the next update. On Wednesday, December 11, iOS 18.2 was released, with which Apple brought a number of improvements to the iPhone. For example, the camera controller, Find My and the Photos app were given new functions. The most important features are not yet available in the Netherlands and Belgium, because Apple Intelligence will only come to the European Union next year.
Apple is already working on iOS 18.3 in the background, but according to rumors this is not the next update for your iPhone. Instead, Apple is preparing iOS 18.2.1. This is an interim update that does not bring any new features to your iPhone. With the new software version, Apple fixes problems that appeared in iOS 18.2.
Release of the update
It is not yet known which software problems will be solved with iOS 18.2.1. Apple usually only announces these bugs once the update is available. The company wants to prevent malicious parties from taking advantage of the errors in the software. In this case, it probably concerns security issues that Apple needs to resolve as quickly as possible.
Interim iOS updates are intended to fix important software errors. For the new functions we have to wait for iOS 18.3, Apple will probably release that update at the end of January. According to rumors, we are already seeing iOS 18.2.1 much faster, especially when it comes to important security issues. In that case, the update will appear at the end of December or beginning of January.
More about iOS 18.2
So keep a close eye on your iPhone in the coming weeks, because there is a good chance that Apple will release iOS 18.2.1 soon. Do you want to be sure that the new software version is installed immediately? Then we recommend turning on automatic updates on your iPhone, so that the device updates itself. You do this under ‘Settings > General > Software update > Automatic updates’.
Turn on the switch behind ‘iOS updates’, so that you are sure that iOS 18.2.1 will be installed when the update is available. Apple is not bringing any new features to your iPhone with the interim update, but it has recently made a number of improvements with iOS 18.2. Are you curious about what’s new in iOS 18.2? Then read here what changes have come to your iPhone with iOS 18.2!
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