What if your note-taking app didn’t just keep up with your life but actively elevated it? With the release of iOS 26, Apple Notes takes a bold leap forward, transforming from a simple digital notebook into a powerhouse of organization, creativity, and ...

The Settings app on the iPhone is what you need: choose General, followed by Software Update. Then, choose Download and Install, and it’ll be on your phone shortly. It’s a large-sized update, as these things go, weighing 1.98GB on my iPhone 17 Pro Max. It downloaded and installed quickly — less than 20 minutes total.

I turn to the Notes app on my iPhone all the time, whether it's to jot down ideas when there's no pen and paper handy, to make sure I've got a document I can access later via iCloud on my Mac or even to track down ingredients I need on an impromptu trip to ...