5 reasons to update your iPhone to iOS 26.2 - including security patches

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. iPhone owners who haven't yet jumped to iOS 26.2 will want to download and install this latest update. That's because it not only offers important security fixes but, enhances several built-in apps and features in clever ways. On Friday, Apple released the 26.2 updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other products. Though they all offer bug fixes and feature improvements, iOS 26.2 may be the most impactful of the bunch. Here are five reasons you'll want to jump to this latest version. First and foremost is the usual lineup of security patches. With iOS 26.2, Apple has squashed 25 different bugs affecting such apps and services as the App Store, FaceTime, Messages, and Photos. But most important are the two-zero day vulnerabilities that could pose trouble for intended victims. Reported as exploited in the wild, both zero days may have been used in extremely sophisticated attacks against targeted individuals still running versions of iOS before iOS 26, Apple explained. These two flaws impact WebKit, the engine used to render web pages in Safari and many other apps. The first flaw, dubbed CVE-2025-43529, could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a device through a malicious website. Apple described this one as a use-after-free issue, which means that the malicious content could hack into memory that would otherwise be off limits. Labeling it a memory corruption problem, Apple said that this was resolved...