Don’t be alarmed if your brand-new iPhone 16 prompts you to update to iOS 18 even though your phone is running iOS 18. And also don’t freak out when you see a fear-inducing “Welcome to iPhone” screen after you update to iOS 18.0 build 22A3354, even though it looks suspiciously like you will need to go through the tedious iPhone setup process again.
Apple is currently distributing an unexpected iOS 18 update to brand-new iPhones that are already running iOS 18. It looks like Apple installed an earlier version of iOS on phones in the factory. Now it is updating them to the latest version.
As Apple says, the update to iOS 18.0 build 22A3354 currently rolling out brings “important bug fixes and security updates” to all models in the iPhone 16 lineup. With any luck, it will fix the , but that might just be wishful thinking.
( asked Apple if the update addresses the touchscreen problem. We’ll update this post when/if we receive info on the update.) Apple last Friday.
While the new devices all run , they don’t all run the same version of iOS 18, likely due to the logistical nightmare of shipping millions of phones around the world. Sometimes, a post-release update fixes minor problems. That seems to be the case with the unexpected iOS 18 update some iPhone users received this week.
The update to iOS 18.0 (22A3354) brings “important bug fixes and security updates” to all models in the iPhone 16 lineup, according to the release notes. That’s standard Apple boiler.