iOS 26.5 RC― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[TheAustrianGuy]

Running stunningly and surprisingly great on my iPhone 17 Pro and my M5 iPad Pro.

And it's unsurprisingly horrible on my iPad Pro 2018.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

I don’t get ”proximity pairing, notification forwarding, and Live Activities for third-party wearables like earbuds and smartwatches”… what does that do? No changes I can see when connecting either watch (huawei) or bluetooth earbuds/headphones… what am I missing?

Well, of course there aren’t going to be any updates yet, these are features that have to be implemented by developers via app updates and likely firmware updates for the products in question.
And given how long it usually takes most developers of hardware to get to adding this sort of stuff, it likely won’t be widely available universally over in the EU until later this year/next year.
Live activities are still missing from several applications and that API has been available for four years.

 

[Manneman32]

Well, of course there aren’t going to be any updates yet, these are features that have to be implemented by developers via app updates and likely firmware updates for the products in question.
And given how long it usually takes most developers of hardware to get to adding this sort of stuff, it likely won’t be widely available universally over in the EU until later this year/next year.
Live activities are still missing from several applications and that API has been available for four years.

Thank you for this! Appreciated!

 

[Jakimo]

Cute for a few seconds

 

[mikelets456]

Time will tell, feels better than 26.4.2.

Same here. My phone had heating issues and horrible battery life on 26.4.2…hoping this is better. I haven’t done a Beta or RC in a while but that’s how bad 26.4.2 was…

 

[iOSBry]

The Home Screen swiping stutters are considerably more pronounced in the RC.

 

[mofoliar]

8Gb on the 17pro

 

[ValerieDurden]

The Home Screen swiping stutters are considerably more pronounced in the RC.

Seems more smooth than 26.4.2, like any update time will tell if it gets worse.

 

[Brettka7]

The Home Screen swiping stutters are considerably more pronounced in the RC.

It’s not the worst it’s ever been, but definitely the worst it’s been since 26.0 or 26.1 on my Air

 

[ValerieDurden]

It’s not the worst it’s ever been, but definitely the worst it’s been since 26.0 or 26.1 on my Air

It’s so insane Apple can’t get optimization down, never seen an iOS device so laggy.

 

[iOSBry]

Seems more smooth than 26.4.2, like any update time will tell if it gets worse.

The “Switching between an App & Home Screen via App Switcher causes Stutter when swiping between home screens” is better on 26.5 compared to previous 26.x builds but it seems worse on RC.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

The Home Screen swiping stutters are considerably more pronounced in the RC.

What do you mean by this? Swiping between screens or swiping up from the lock screen?

 

[iOSBry]

What do you mean by this? Swiping between screens or swiping up from the lock screen?

Swiping between home screens.

 

[Artemiz]

The “Switching between an App & Home Screen via App Switcher causes Stutter when swiping between home screens” is better on 26.5 compared to previous 26.x builds but it seems worse on RC.

On my 17P it’s the opposite. Fewer areas with stutters compared to 26.4.2.

OTA if anyone’s interested.

 

[Hans300]

So, final release end of the week ?

 

[sbailey4]

On my 17P it’s the opposite. Fewer areas with stutters compared to 26.4.2.

OTA if anyone’s interested.

Same. iP16 smooth as silk between 3 home screens with lots of groups. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Jakimo]

Same. iP16 smooth as silk between 3 home screens with lots of groups. 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, the phone just needs a little time to reindex, etc. Release is good! =)

 

[mcvaughan]

So, final release end of the week ?

Likely, next week.

 

[mcvaughan]

On my 17P it’s the opposite. Fewer areas with stutters compared to 26.4.2.

OTA if anyone’s interested.

Same for me as well — seems more solid than 26.4.2 so far.

17 Pro from 26.4.2.

 

[ValerieDurden]

Same for me as well — seems more solid than 26.4.2 so far.

17 Pro from 26.4.2.

Overall I think so, it’s been pretty smooth.

 

[TheCart]

Broken Safari tab previews are fixed. That's the only bug that 26.5 introduced and now fixed for me. All old bugs are still there, some from first betas of iOS 26.

 

[LutzRFrank]

@lindros2 did the screen protector survive the RC 😀

 

[f12003_ga]

Screen flickering and stutter all gone for me iPhone 17 Air. Very silky smooth. I’ll be turning off beta button and stay on this until public available.

 

[Maloney~888]

Initially I had a little stutter swiping across home screens. I’ve rebooted several times and so far so good 👍🏻

 

[Simacca]

On my 17P it’s the opposite. Fewer areas with stutters compared to 26.4.2.

OTA if anyone’s interested.

Same here on my 16pro. No stutters when swiping across home screens, even widget screens.