{"id":207149,"date":"2026-01-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/apple-confirms-ios-26-3-privacy-upgrade-but-most-iphones-wont-get-it\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:15:09","slug":"apple-confirms-ios-26-3-privacy-upgrade-but-most-iphones-wont-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/apple-confirms-ios-26-3-privacy-upgrade-but-most-iphones-wont-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Confirms iOS 26.3 Privacy Upgrade, But Most iPhones Won\u2019t Get It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Confirms iOS 26.3 Privacy Upgrade, But Most iPhones Won\u2019t Get It<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidphelan\/2026\/01\/27\/apple-confirms-ios-263-privacy-upgrade-but-most-iphones-wont-get-it\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-27 17:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Apple almost never reveals what\u2019s coming in its iPhone updates ahead of time. So, a new support document from Apple explaining that iOS 26.3 will have a new feature that will limit how much is revealed about your location, is rare, to say the least. <\/p>\n

Apple iPhone Air<\/span><\/p>\n

David Phelan<\/p>\n

On Monday, Jan. 26, Apple announced that a new setting will allow users to limit how precisely carriers can pinpoint your location. Something that will \u201climit some information that cellular networks may use to determine your location\u201d is coming. And it\u2019s coming soon, since iOS 26.3 is expected to land in a matter of days. <\/p>\n

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\u201cMobile networks determine location based on the cellular towers that a device connects to, but with the setting enabled, some of the data typically made available to mobile networks is being restricted,\u201d MacRumors reported. \u201cRather than being able to see location down to a street address, carriers will instead be limited to the neighborhood where a device is located, for example.\u201d <\/p>\n

iOS 26.3 Location Privacy Feature: What Apple Is Changing<\/h2>\n

Apple has stressed that the setting that controls this, which can be turned on and off, \u201cdoesn’t impact the precision of the location data that is shared with emergency responders during an emergency call.\u201d It also doesn\u2019t affect when you share your location in the Find My app.<\/p>\n

But there are two big catches. <\/p>\n

The First Catch: Limited Carrier Support<\/h2>\n

First, it will only work with selected carriers. When the service launches, only one U.S. carrier will support it, Boost Mobile. Support elsewhere includes two U.K. carriers, though they are the same company, EE and BT. In Germany, Telekom will support it and in Thailand AIS and True. That\u2019s not universal \u2014 at least for now. <\/p>\n

The Bigger Catch: Only iPhones With Apple Modems Are Supported<\/h2>\n

But there\u2019s another catch: it\u2019s exclusive to iPhones with Apple\u2019s in-house modems in…<\/p>\n

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