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Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/span><\/p>\n Getty Images<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Another iPhone update has been released just two weeks after the last one. But unlike iOS 26.4.1, the new version is all about one security fix. Here\u2019s all you need to know and whether you should update to it or not.<\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>Apple iPhone 18 Pro: Latest Leak Doubles Down On Design Update News<\/span>By David Phelan<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This post has the initial thoughts on the new release and I\u2019ll be updating this post over the coming week and I\u2019ll add final thoughts on Thursday, April 30.<\/em><\/p>\n This is just the same as other iOS 26 updates, that is, it\u2019s for all phones from the iPhone 11 and more recent. The latest models, including the iPhone 17 series, iPhone 17e and iPhone Air, are all covered by iOS 26.4.1. It\u2019s also been released for those users who haven\u2019t updated to iOS 26 in the form of iOS 18.7.8.<\/p>\n It\u2019s simple to install: go to the Settings app on the iPhone, choose General, then Software Update. Next, select Download and Install, and the software will download from there. This download was reasonably small, around 770MB on my iPhone 17 Pro Max.<\/p>\n There\u2019s just one element here, and it\u2019s about fixing an issue where notifications that you previously deleted remained on-device. It\u2019s a security fix, in other words. <\/p>\n The background to the issue is that recently the FBI accessed message notification content from Signal even after the app had been deleted. <\/p>\n Let\u2019s be clear, this is a serious issue, though it\u2019s also true that for almost all of us, this would never have been a problem unless we\u2019d fallen foul of the FBI. Dear reader, please don\u2019t. <\/p>\n But it\u2019s now been fixed.<\/p>\n First reactions have been positive, with gleeful descriptions of an update seen to be defiant to the FBI (it\u2019s more about making the phone work as it should, I\u2019d say) though some users were advising anyone on iOS 18 to stay there. <\/p>\n There were comments about the screen stuttering when scrolling, but these encompassed some saying it was better, some that it was worse. But no new issues have been introduced, it seems. <\/p>\n This is a one-purpose update and since nobody wants to find that something they had deleted was still accessible on the phone, it\u2019s a fix worth having. <\/p>\nWho Is It For And How Do You Get It?<\/h2>\n
What It\u2019s About<\/h2>\n
Apple iOS 26.4.2 Security<\/h2>\n
Initial Reactions<\/h2>\n
Apple iOS 26.4.2 Initial Verdict: Update <\/h2>\n