Apple recommended that everyone download the update at the time, and it was the last major iOS 17 update before the release of iOS 18. Apple did the same thing in July 2023 when it released iOS 16.6.

Apple released iOS 18.6 on July 29, ahead of the company's iOS 26 release this fall. While the next major iOS update will bring Liquid Glass and more to your iPhone, iOS 18.6 doesn't change much ...

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