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Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers

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Apple today seeded revised first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming four days after Apple seeded the initial betas.

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Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. It's not clear why Apple has seeded new beta updates, but there may be a bug fix that couldn't wait for the second beta.

iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 do not include new Siri capabilities, suggesting any Siri updates are being held until iOS 27. The Maps app has a Suggested Places feature for recommending locations to visit nearby based on trends and recent searches, plus Apple is laying the groundwork for ads.

Apple is again testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android users. Apple tested the feature in iOS 26.4, but removed it before the update launched.

In the European Union, Apple is testing proximity pairing, notification forwarding, and Live Activities for third-party wearables like earbuds and smartwatches.

More detail on what's new in iOS 26.5 can be found in our beta 1 features guide.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers
 
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MacRumors said:


Apple today seeded revised first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming four days after Apple seeded the initial betas.

iOS-26.5-Glass-Feature-Warm.jpg

Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update. It's not clear why Apple has seeded new beta updates, but there may be a bug fix that couldn't wait for the second beta.

iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 do not include new Siri capabilities, suggesting any Siri updates are being held until iOS 27. The Maps app has a Suggested Places feature for recommending locations to visit nearby based on trends and recent searches, plus Apple is laying the groundwork for ads.

Apple is again testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android users. Apple tested the feature in iOS 26.4, but removed it before the update launched.

In the European Union, Apple is testing proximity pairing, notification forwarding, and Live Activities for third-party wearables like earbuds and smartwatches.

More detail on what's new in iOS 26.5 can be found in our beta 1 features guide.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Revised iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers
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You guys have missed that they’re updating modem software.
 
I know of at least 1 reason. For me, the second iOS 26.5 beta 1 download, it instantly broke my Face ID on my iPhone 17 Pro max. I reported the bug and next day heard back form Apple. I looked online and excepted more people to be complaining about it, but other than me, haven’t seen other reports 🤷‍♂️
 
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26.5 didn’t completely break Face ID for me, but for the first time Face ID would sometimes fail unless I removed my reading glasses and/or ball cap.
 
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New feature that I am seeing now is that the FIFA World Cup 2026 is available to select in the Sports app. Could be coincidence that it showed up in the Sports app with a backend push, or that the sports app was updated to show it. Did not see it this morning in the first Beta, but now in the second beta it is available.
 
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New feature that I am seeing now is that the FIFA World Cup 2026 is available to select in the Sports app. Could be coincidence that it showed up in the Sports app with a backend push, or that the sports app was updated to show it. Did not see it this morning in the first Beta, but now in the second beta it is available.
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Likely backend. It appeared a few days ago.

www.macrumors.com

Apple Sports Now Lets You Follow Your Favorite 2026 FIFA World Cup Teams

Apple today updated the Sports app for iPhone to add more 2026 FIFA World Cup content. Soccer fans are now able to view complete tournament groupings and follow their favorite national teams in the app. This is the first 48-team World Cup and a departure from the traditional 32-team format...
www.macrumors.com www.macrumors.com
 
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There was an odd Phone app issue with call handling/hanging up with the initial build on my 17 Pro Max. When I experienced it i felt Beta 2 would be very close and now today’s follow up build makes more sense. Even though download was 5-6GB the installation was fairly quick. YMMV.
 
kc6108 said:
26.5 didn’t completely break Face ID for me, but for the first time Face ID would sometimes fail unless I removed my reading glasses and/or ball cap.
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Yeah, that was the only issue I was having I had to really position. My face correctly feels fine now.
 
goonie4life9 said:
Apple not sharing what the revision was for. Might be helpful for developers to know if it was due to a bug or for security purposes.
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New revision means there’s no new bugs fixed and all the bug fixes listed in the previous release would apply as is.

A revised build is released if they find something that was already part of that build but was unintentionally broken.
 
eveluvsrainbows said:
Not true at all. Also, we are almost 20 years into iOS’ existence, why do we keep expecting hundreds upon hundreds of features to be added every single time iOS gets updated? Like holy heck. iOS is mature at this point. Accept it.
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Half of the people want the next release to have no new features and only bug fixes. Others will only be happy if there’s a lot of new shiny stuff. On any given day, some people can be in different halves.
 
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Miami_Scuba_Instructor said:
I know of at least 1 reason. For me, the second iOS 26.5 beta 1 download, it instantly broke my Face ID on my iPhone 17 Pro max. I reported the bug and next day heard back form Apple. I looked online and excepted more people to be complaining about it, but other than me, haven’t seen other reports 🤷‍♂️
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You are so correct I thought I would see a lot more complaints about this as well. I thought I was the only one. In order for me to use my Face ID I would have to keep on restarting the phone over and over again, so yeah this must’ve been the fix for at least one of them.
 
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You are so correct I thought I would see a lot more complaints about this as well. I thought I was the only one. In order for me to use my Face ID I would have to keep on restarting the phone over and over again, so yeah this must’ve been the fix for at least one of them.
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Same.. only a hard restart “fixed it”.. ha, for about a total of 3 minutes…. then, dead again ☠️… lol
 
Miami_Scuba_Instructor said:
I know of at least 1 reason. For me, the second iOS 26.5 beta 1 download, it instantly broke my Face ID on my iPhone 17 Pro max. I reported the bug and next day heard back form Apple. I looked online and excepted more people to be complaining about it, but other than me, haven’t seen other reports 🤷‍♂️
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26.5 beta 1 was great for me. No issues. Even battery was really good on my 17 Pro Max.
 
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