Download iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2
How to Download & Install iOS 26.2 / iPadOS 26.2 Update
Be sure you first backup iPhone/iPad to iCloud before beginning the system software update process:
- Open the “Settings” app on the iPhone or iPad
- Go to “General” and then choose “Software Update”
- Choose to “Update Now” to download and install iOS 26.2 for iPhone or iPadOS 26.2 for iPad
If you’re still running iOS 18, you will see an aggressive push to get iOS 26.2 onto your device, but you can ignore that and choose to install iOS 18.7.3 instead if you’d like to just install a security update to iOS 18 instead.
The iOS 26.2/ipadOS 26.2 update is large and will require the iPHone/iPad to restart to complete installation.
Users can also choose to update iPhone or iPad with a Mac using Finder, or a Windows PC.
iOS 26.2 IPSW Firmware Download Links
The following links point to firmware files on Apple CDN servers. IPSW files can be used for updating iOS manually by more advanced users:
- iPhone Air
- iPhone 17
- iPhone 17 Pro Max
- iPhone 17 Pro
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15
iPadOS 26.2 IPSW Firmware Files
- iPad Pro (M5)
- iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
- 12.9-in. iPad Pro (6th generation)
- 12.9-in. iPad Pro (5th generation)
- 12.9-in. iPad Pro (3rd and 4th generations)
- iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
- iPad (A16)
- iPad (A16)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M3)
- iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
- iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
- 11-in. iPad Pro (4th generation)
- 11-in. iPad Pro (3rd generation)
- 11-in. iPad Pro (1st and 2nd generations)