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Anyone think we’ll get the 26.2 RC today?
It makes sense as it gives one last week of bugs before an Offical release next week so the apple dev team can take a good earned rest.
 
Last beta wasn't an 'a' build so nope, no RC this week
How many times in a day the build is compiled before QA lets it out the door to us has no impact on whether it's released sooner or later. Not sure how many times in 162 pages in this forum people need to be told that that has ZERO bearing on when a Beta or RC is released. They do not release operating systems based on "feel". They have a schedule that they stick to. There's been times when a release comes out around 2PM CST as opposed to Noon CST, but that ALSO could be planned! If anyone thinks they're just flying by the seat of their pants, umm.. think again.
 
The betas are usually released later in the week right after Thanksgiving week. There might be exceptions of course but I don't expect a beta today or tomorrow. And I would expect beta 4, not the RC since all other C releases consistently had 4 betas.

iOS 14.3 beta 3 (C release): 2 December 2020 (Wednesday)
iOS 15.2 beta 4 (C release): 2 December 2021 (Thursday)
iOS 16.2 beta 4 (C release): 1 December 2022 (Thursday)
iOS 17.2 beta 4 (C release): 28 November 2023 (Tuesday)
iOS 18.2 RC (C release): 5 December 2024 (Thursday)
 
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