You can easily back up all your photos to iCloud from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Here's how to do it.
You can check your iCloud email on a computer through the Mail app on a Mac or through iCloud's desktop website.
I'm not seeing reports of iOS 26 installs going sideways, but I still always take these steps before making a major upgrade.
Storage space on an iPhone is definitely at a premium, what with the quality and size of photos and videos increasing all the time and our photo libraries now stretching back years. If you use iCloud ...