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Apple expands iPhone privacy tool to ten carriers

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Apple has widened the reach of its iPhone privacy tool, Limit Precise Location, after the iOS 26.5 rollout this week. The feature, which blurs a device’s exact coordinates to a neighborhood‑level view, previously relied on a handful of carriers that supported Apple’s in‑house C1 or C1X modems. Early adopters were limited to iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPhone 16e, and the M5 iPad Pro.

Apple now lists ten carriers that enable the setting by default, adding Austria’s A1, Denmark’s YouSee, Germany’s Telekom, Ireland’s Sky, Thailand’s AIS and True, the UK’s EE, BT and Sky, plus Boost Mobile in the United States. Beyond the explicit list, anyone with a SIM from an EU or UK carrier can toggle the option in Settings → Cellular → Cellular Data Options → Limit Precise Location.

Because the tool depends on Apple‑designed modems, it remains confined to devices like the iPhone Air, 16e, 17e and the M5 iPad Pro, while future flagships such as the rumored iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra are expected to ship with the next‑gen C2 modem. Wider carrier support now means most European users can immediately protect their location data without waiting for new hardware.