While Apple hasn’t given a timetable, we have suggestions and historical data to rely on.
First, Apple dropped a bunch of release candidates yesterday, suggesting that – barring some last-minute disasters – everything is in place.
Also, review my calendar – yes, I log OS releases on my calendar – iOS 17.2, 16.2 and 15.2 released on Monday, December 11, 2023, Tuesday , December 13, 2022 and Monday, December 13, 2023, 2021, respectively.
So if I were a betting person, I would bet on next Monday or Tuesday.
In terms of time of day, updates typically appear at 10am PT/1pm ET/5am AEDT (the next day). It takes a while for the update to roll out, and depending on how busy the update servers are, it could be a while before a new update is available.
