Apple has just released the iPhone 16 series. And now, just three days after the phones have gone on sale, it’s already issued an update for all four models, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Here’s what we know.
Which iPhones Can Run The New iOS Release?
It’s just four: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. If you have a different iPhone, you won’t be affected.
It’s A Small Update
So small that it doesn’t take up much space and it’s not deserving of a new release number like iOS 18.0.1, for instance. No, this is still iOS 18. But while the software that came pre-loaded on the iPhones was iOS 18.0 with build number 22A3351, the new update is iOS 18.0 with a build number just fractionally higher: 22A3351.
Apple’s notes read: “This update provides important bug fixes and security updates for iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.”
It’s a smallish update, weighing 466.4MB on my iPhone 16 Pro, which downloaded in around 13 minutes.
The notes go on, “For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: support.apple.com/100100.”
As is common with these releases, there are no new details of security issues on the site, beyond those specified in the original iOS 18 release. This is usual, as Apple likes the updates to be downloaded and installed before revealing its hand—after all, if Apple describes the issues before many people have been able to put the update on their phones, it leaves some users potentially vulnerable.
Although there have been substantial pre-orders and sales of the new iPhones, perhaps signalling a new super-cycle, the numbers of iPhones in customers’ hands is still relatively small. And Apple will be working to update its stock to the latest release number now.
There have been some reports of users experiencing touch issues, with taps being missed, but while these were initially thought to apply only to iPhone 16 models, it now seems earlier models have been impacted, too. It’s not known if the numbers are significant or if this update has addressed it, though the notes don’t mention it.
More as we have it.