The next iPhone software is highly anticipated, promising a radically new design and features. Here’s when you can get your hands on it.

Following the WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple has just made iOS 26 beta 1 available to developers. Here's how to download it.

While we don't yet know the new iPhones Apple will be dropping this fall — though there are iPhone 17 rumors — we do know, per Apple's site, that the phones listed below will be compatible with iOS 26. Basically, if you have an iPhone that was announced in 2019 or later, you're in the clear:

Every year, iOS is one of the star attractions of Apple 's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. It's our first official look at new features and other changes that are coming to iPhones in the fall. The 2025 WWDC keynote was no exception, and the most immediate change is to the iOS naming system.

CNET will be there to bring you all the news as it happens, including our first impressions of iOS 19 -- which may end up being called iOS 26. You can watch the event online from anywhere in the world.