Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 18.5 to Developers

[SteveLV702]

I don't have this issue with MDM profile installed.

Consider yourself lucky… what MDM you using? Using Apple Business Esssentials?

 

[Quasselstripper]

it’s been more than two hours…what’s new?

 

[mxrider88]

Don’t expect much.. they’ll introduce a few new bugs, some emojis and break something here and there but nothing transformative. The real mess and issues will come with iOS 19 in September.

 

[SteveLV702]

Good thing these are only used on test devices!

Yes while 18.5 Beta one is…. 18.4 Public Release isn’t and issue is present in 18.4 that EVERYONE can get.

 

[Dr McKay]

Allegedly Three now support it as a main carrier but still no sign of it on Smarty as a Three MVNO, although to be fair they only just added support for texting short codes in the last couple of weeks. 🤦‍♂️

Three UK does indeed support it, think I had it since around iOS 18 beta 2 or 3.

 

[phuklok1]

hey apple, how about a system wide (and independent per bluetooth device) manual graphic EQ instead of a lot of useless nonsense? Thanks! LOL

 

[Jay Bly]

All right two hours into it. Battery seems about the same so far. Haven’t really found anything major. Although Wi-Fi connection seemed a bit wonky. Restarted the phone that seemed to help.

 

[lordhamster]

Allegedly US mobile’s darkstar AT&T network now has RCS and VVM enabled.

 

[MacUserFella]

Should I update? I will wait to see if it’s worth it before…

As iOS 19 approaches, less features will be added and Apple will begin to focus more on bug fixes and security enchantments, so it kinda depends on what you prefer I guess

 

[dominiongamma]

Why isn’t anyone reporting new features ?

 

[HouseLannister]

Why isn’t anyone reporting new features ?

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/ios-18-5-makes-it-easier-to-get-the-old-apple-mail-design-back/

 

[AppleFan91]

Why isn’t anyone reporting new features ?

Cuz with the additional AI features being moved to TBD - these are going to be more or less behind the scene bug fixes. It’s all hands on deck for iOS 19 now

 

[sdz]

iOS 19 now

I anticipate a subpar delivery.

 

[JosephAW]

Waiting for an iOS 18.4.1 update, I always feel better with a Dot one update.

 

[Rocco Paris]

My 15 Pro Max went back to the old Siri blob 🥴

 

[Rafagon]

Maybe this one allows the AirPods Max (USB-C) firmware update that the public release of 18.4 screwed up.

 

[AppleUser2]

Why isn’t anyone reporting new features ?

Because iOS 19 is 2 months away.

 

[ChrisFromNEPA]

All of iOS 18 has been wack except the RCS. So many bugs

 

[klasma]

Strange. Mine has an answer.
But instead of answering just "April", she says "We are April 2, 2025".

At least she didn’t add "Resistance is futile".

 

[applefan8254]

can we get multiple users please? Thank you