I can second this. My 16 Pro isn’t getting as warm now since installing 18.6 RC, even when charging it feels cooler for whatever reason. Battery life much improved over the last few betas.
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iOS 18.6 RC ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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I can second this. My 16 Pro isn’t getting as warm now since installing 18.6 RC, even when charging it feels cooler for whatever reason. Battery life much improved over the last few betas.
maybe final tomorrow?
Worthy of upgrading from 18.5 on 16+ assuming its same as RC / close in experience?
Worthy of upgrading from 18.5 on 16+ assuming its same as RC / close in experience?
Push works fine thankfully. I’m using an iPhone 15 Pro, went right from iOS 18.5 and to iOS 18.6 RC. Was hoping it would fix my keyboard autocorrect, but we all know that’s been an issue for years (I even tried the nuclear option of starting over without a backup time ago).
Based on others experiences and myself I’d highly recommend uodating away from 18.5. Not just for security reasons, but stability reasons. Well done Apple!
Since I got the 16 pro max and happens on my misses one, it’s when predictive text is on it has huge lag for me
On my iPhone 11, after a few days of installing this beta, the power consumption increased very much. No settings, no new programs appeared. The battery consumption started suddenly and does not stop.
I wonder if we’ll see the public release today or tomorrow? Maybe a new build who knows, but zero issues on my 16 Pro to report.
As you’d expect & hope for in a late software release cycle.
Speed ☑️
Overall performance ☑️
Device not heating up ☑️
Excellent battery life ☑️
No bugs ☑️
As you’d expect & hope for in a late software release cycle.
Speed ☑️
Overall performance ☑️
Device not heating up ☑️
Excellent battery life ☑️
No bugs ☑️
If this is true, then we either get a RC2, or the final build will be different from the excellent RC. And who knows if Apple messed up with something and the final build isn’t as smooth, stable and efficient as the RC everyone is praising… hopefully it will be a RC2 so a few people can test it before launch. The few beta-testers who aren’t already on the iOS 26 beta.
This is great news. Hopefully Apple won’t touch many thighs from the RC code for the final build.
It's a private account on X. I believe it is the same one MacRumors sources information on upcoming releases ahead of time, and apparently the user likes to remain anonymous so I won't post their info here.
Watch them release a new RC2 or push the new revised update to everyone…. And ruin the current superb RC 🤨🤣
Got my iPad 11 Pro on 26, won’t be putting it on my phone any time soon. Hope to see 18.6 this evening.
Depending on early - hopefully positive - feedback, I might jump ship from 17.7.2 to iOS 18.6 today/tomorrow.
If I were you, I would stay on 17.7.2 - great iOS for my iPhone 11. There were no problems and the phone rarely charged. After switching to iOS 18, a bunch of problems appeared and even on beta 18.6 b4 they are still present.