Apple surprises users with unexpected update, quietly reviving older iPhones and iPads.

When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for those devices for another year or two, keeping them usable while their hardware is still reasonably capable.

Apple has just released iOS 26.3 beta 3 for public beta testers. Here’s what’s new in the latest beta software.

Users of Apple's latest iPhone and iPad Pro models who have been beta testing iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3 may want to hold off on updating to the third betas released earlier this week, as several Continuity-related features are currently broken on these devices.

A new feature called Limited Precise Location is unlikely to work on your device or with your carrier at launch.

A software issue preventing older Apple devices from connecting to a major telco and accessing triple-0 has been resolved after more than 12 hours.

Alongside iOS 26.2.1, Apple today released an updated version of iOS 12 for devices that are still running that operating system update, eight years after the software was first released. iOS 12.5.8 is available for the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6,