Apple Quietly Tweaked the iOS App Store App – Here's What's Changed

No, you aren't going brainsick – Apple has softly made a backend alteration to the App Store app successful iOS that switches the determination of the Updates tab and renames it to marque it much prominent.


In the App Store app, you tin spot the alteration by tapping your illustration representation successful the top-right corner. The "Apps & Purchase History" tab utilized to beryllium astatine the apical the list, but it has switched places with "Updates," which is present called "App Updates."

The alteration was made by Apple without issuing a bundle update and is evident connected some iOS 26.4.1 and the iOS 26.5 beta.


There's really a faster mode to entree the App Updates leafage successful iOS 26.4 that was precocious highlighted by Daring Fireball's John Gruber: Simply long-press connected the App Store app connected your Home Screen and you tin leap consecutive to it from the contextual menu.
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