Apple has stopped signing iOS 26.6.2, which was released earlier this month, and it means that users who are on iOS 27 won’t be able to downgrade back to iOS 26 anymore, as noted by Aaron Perris from MacRumors. Apple does allow downgrades for a short period of time after releasing a new version via Finder on Mac or the Apple Devices app on Windows, which checks the approval status of the software on Apple’s servers.
Earlier this month, Apple rolled out iOS 27.0, iPadOS 27.0, watchOS 27.0, macOS 27.0, tvOS 27.0, watchOS 27.0, and visionOS 27.0 to the public. These updates brought much-needed stability and faster performance for users running version 26, and include options to adjust the intensity of Liquid Glass, Siri AI, new Screen Time options such as Time Allowances for each category of usage and Screen Time Schedule, separate volume controls for Ringtones, Alarms, Timers, and Notifications, improved cleanup in photos, a new extend tool for photos, spatial reframing, and more.
On the same day, Apple also rolled out iOS 26.7 with security updates, and you can still update to it if you are on iOS 26.6.2 or earlier. However, since iOS 26.7 was only released as an over-the-air update, the restore image file is not available, thus making a downgrade impossible.
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