iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[ManuCH]

Patience, my friends. We have ~50 more minutes where it could happen, according to my personal historical data.

 

[mattburley7]

when was the last time we had a RC on a wednesday?

 

[cflasche]

Beta 4 came out 10/20 around 10:30-11am PT, so we still have time.

 

[Domadia_Jasmine]

Everyone should take deep breath, everything is happening for good, they will release super stable RC tomorrow, Cheers

 

[thatJohann]

My vote is on next Monday.

 

[Ament]

It's only 17:25 GMT so we still have 35 minutes to release.

 

[dannyyankou]

when was the last time we had a RC on a wednesday?

I don’t know, but we had one on a Thursday last year.

 

[one more]

My vote is on next Monday.

Very unlikely, we are too far into the beta cycle to have a two-weeks gap now.

 

[dannyyankou]

Very unlikely, we are too far into the beta cycle to have a two-weeks gap now.

But we didn’t think we’d have a 9 day gap, but here we are. Actually 10 day gap if it isn’t today.

 

[one more]

when was the last time we had a RC on a wednesday?

It’s pretty random. Relatively recently we had RC2 coming out on Friday with the public release dropping in the following Monday, as expected.

 

[Domadia_Jasmine]

Maybe they will release Japanese time 10 morning?

 

[Mikepeer]

when was the last time we had a RC on a wednesday?

 

[That70sGAdawg]

I would be shocked if nothing at all was released today.

Prepare to be shocked! All these coders "working from home", This is NOT for daddys Apple software.. Unfortunately

 

[one more]

What I don’t understand is what is the point of releasing something an hour or two hours later vs the “usual time”? It’s not like they are busy compiling the build in question, as Apple themselves are always ahead. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[adrianlondon]

Well this sucks. I wish I was near an Apple Store so I could ask the geniuses what is happening

Genius: Hi, how may I help you?
FF: Umm, can you tell me when the next iOS 26 beta will be released? It's due today.
Genius: Sure, I'll go and check. Err... why are you staring at the floor all the time?
FF: I'm skiving off work; I don't want my face on cctv.
Genius: Oh, ok. Wait there by that limited edition pink iPhone 17 Pro Max.

*Genius does into back office, makes themselves a coffee, reads Macrumors, drinks coffee*

15 minutes later ...

Genius: Hi. Unfortunately, after speaking at length with the iOS dev team, they're not yet able to give a release time.
FF: OK, thanks for checking.
Genius: By the way, no disrespect intended.

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Very strange to have a two week cycle this late in the beta. But hey, why not mix things up! See you next Monday!

 

[jpsmith76]

What I don’t understand is what is the point of releasing something an hour or two hours later vs the “usual time”? It’s not like they are busy compiling the build in question, as Apple themselves are always ahead. 🤷🏻‍♂️

They are sitting there with a bucket of popcorn refreshing this thread, laughing at us.

 

[d123]

It's only 17:25 GMT so we still have 35 minutes to release.

UK has changed to daylight saving time but the US hasn’t yet. 10:00 San Fran is currently 17:00

 

[dannyyankou]

They are sitting there with a bucket of popcorn refreshing this thread, laughing at us.

Tim is munching on some sourdough bread covered with his favorite spiced apple jam, made from the apple trees at Apple Park.

 

[xxFoxtail]

Tim, you have 9 minutes to release iOS 26.1 before I trade in my MacBook for a Surface Book

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I was curious and checked my M2 MacBook Air 8GB. $600 promotional value isn't too bad considering I bought it about 2 years ago for ~$800 open box. $290 without the promotion though.

Edit: To keep things on topic, doesn’t seem like a new beta today.

Edit 2: I guess I was wrong. And no longer have to trade in my MacBook for a Surface.

 

[dannyyankou]

I was curious and checked my M2 MacBook Air 8GB. $600 promotional value isn't too bad considering I bought it about 2 years ago for ~$800 open box. $290 without the promotion though.

Tim, hurry up! I’ll give you until 2pm. Two loyal customers you might lose!

 

[ManuCH]

when was the last time we had a RC on a wednesday?

As far as I can tell it was iOS 16 RC but I may have missed some.

 

[JCCL]

Ok Tim. Give me the RC now or I’m moving to Android and Surface. You have 15 minutes Tim, otherwise I’m gone. Don’t push your luck……

 

[mattburley7]

welp im officially ruling today out.

 

[jfim88]

Let’s see! If RC comes out I will install on my daily 17PM.