iOS 26 was released a couple of days ago, and I immediately got the notification to install it on my test iPhone 13 Pro Max. A four-year-old phone, which sits at my desk and doesn’t serve me most of the time, has the latest software available with all its Liquid Glass questionable glory. My iPad Mini also received iPadOS 26, and my Apple Watch Series 6 got watchOS 26. It’s the last update my watch will get, but that’s not a bad record for a watch launched in 2020.
Meanwhile, Android 16 has been out since June 10, but the update state of my Android phones and tablets is as “complicated” as my best friend’s Facebook relationship status. My Pixel phones and tablets already have Android 16, my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra would have it in beta… only if I lived in the US, my Nothing Phone 2 promises to get it soon, and my realme and HONOR phones, well? It’s anyone’s guess. Also, my Pixel Watch 3 still doesn’t have Wear OS 6, even though that new update was released in July.