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If you have an iPhone running iOS 26, you may have noticed that it now reports the estimated time to finish charging to 80% on the lock screen. If you are not using a fast charger, though, it will not ...

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At WWDC 2026 next week, Apple is almost assuredly going to reveal iOS 27 for the first time. But even with just days to go until that announcement, the company is still actively updating iOS 26.