If this happens, it will break medical devices and cause physical harm. Specifically CGM’s (Continuous Glucose Monitors) not compatible with iOS 26 where this data is ingested into insulin pumps every minute and automatically inject insulin every five minutes for Type 1 diabetics.

> Several users have reported to me that a workaround is to sign up for Apple’s public beta program and opt in to the iOS 18 public beta track, at which point you’ll be offered 18.7.3.

Thanks for that, just enrolled at downloading the update now.