To block that, Apple introduced Stolen Device Protection, which leans more heavily on biometric authentication and adds an hour-long delay to certain actions, optionally only when you’re not in one of ...

Update your iPhone to iOS 26.4.1 and a security feature you may never have turned on will flip itself on for you. Stolen Device Protection, which Apple first shipped as an opt-in toggle in iOS 17.3 ...

The arrival of iOS 26.4 may not bring the Siri revamp iPhone owners are waiting for, but it will deliver other noteworthy features, including automatically enabling an iPhone anti-theft feature that ...

iOS 26.4 is coming very soon as the next big iPhone update, and Apple plans to enable a key security feature by default in the release. Stolen Device Protection will be on by default in iOS 26.4 In ...

Phone theft is a serious problem, but dangers are mitigated if Stolen Device Protection is turned on. Here’s why it’s not activated for everyone.