Apple Seeds Third Public Betas of iOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6 and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today provided public beta testers with the third betas of iOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, macOS Tahoe 26.6, watchOS 26.6, and tvOS 26.6, with the software coming a day after Apple seeded the betas to developers.

After signing up to beta test the software updates on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the new software using the Software Update section in the Settings app on each device.

iOS 26.6 has a feature that will let you know when you have blocked too many contacts, but the limit is in the thousands so most users may not ever see the messaging. There are also signs of a new iPhone anti-snatching feature that locks a stolen iPhone when it's grabbed from your hand.

No other major new features have been found in any of the software updates, with Apple likely focusing on bug fixes and security improvements. We're nearing the end of the "26" software cycle, with Apple planning to release iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and more in September.

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[EugW]

Waiting for the iOS 27 public beta…

 

[Populus]

Waiting for the iOS 27 public beta…

Yeah, I’ll install the iOS 27 public beta on my secondary iPhone, and iOS 26.6 on my main one. But I suspect this year’s beta will be more polished than earlier years…

I’m really looking forward to iOS, iPadOS and macOS 27

 

[FoxyKaye]

As much as I love Tahoe, the region, I'm doing just fine with Sequoia. There's less time ahead for Tahoe than there will be for Golden Gate, and it looks like a substantial amount of my concerns about the Liquid Glassification of OSX will be addressed in some form or another by 27.1.

 

[Siliconguy]

As much as I love Tahoe, the region, I'm doing just fine with Sequoia. There's less time ahead for Tahoe than there will be for Golden Gate, and it looks like a substantial amount of my concerns about the Liquid Glassification of OSX will be addressed in some form or another by 27.1.

If you haven't installed Tahoe by now you may was well wait for 27.x.

 

[thelion7]

Yeah, I’ll install the iOS 27 public beta on my secondary iPhone, and iOS 26.6 on my main one. But I suspect this year’s beta will be more polished than earlier years…

I’m really looking forward to iOS, iPadOS and macOS 27

Already on my 16 plus ios 27 beta is really good. Overall feel of the OS and its animations are faster and more seamless.

The main crux of stability issues are around Siri AI but thats to be expected.

However so far, Apple are keeping their promise of this being a refinement release this year.

 

[macqintosh]

Meh, I will wait for macOS 27... the beta looks promising. Only if Apple were to give us an option in Safari to disable that hideous recently saved tiles then I will migrate to 27 somewhere in sep/oct.

 

[bkaus]

Fixed my long standing Apple HomeKit not syncing with my watch.