Usually, it’s the big annual iOS updates that are most worth getting excited about, but this year, due to Applethe decision to gradually deploy Apple Intelligence features, some of the supposedly smaller updates are arguably just as exciting, and the next one might arrive sooner than expected.

According to Mark Gurman, writing in his Power On newsletter for BloombergiOS 18.2 will arrive during the week beginning December 2. Typically, Apple’s iOS x.2 releases arrive during the second week of December, which would mean it’s about a week earlier than usual.