(NEXSTAR) — By now, your iPhone or other Apple device may have updated to iOS 26, which became available on Monday. With it, you've gained access to new features like Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence enhancements, as well as one annoying but short-lived side effect.

If you're an Apple user, you're familiar with the typical software update schedule. In summer, Apple teases the next major iOS update, then makes it available around September. While iOS 26 breaks with Apple's numerical order, it has followed the same pattern.

And, like others before it, the free update is massive, requiring several gigabytes of space on your iPhone or other Apple device to be downloaded. You may have even been told you don't have enough space on your phone to get the latest update, forcing you to briskly

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