iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[gank41]

Ah so called leaker due to 9to5 Mac said:

In a sequence of posts, the account noted 23C52 and 23C54 as launch builds for iOS and iPadOS 26.2.
The RC that debuted last week also had 23C52 as its build number.

Let’s see if we will get a new build.

I'm putting my money on no

 

[Cobold]

I'm putting my money on no

Me too. I guess release is the same build as RC.

 

[gank41]

Me too. I guess release is the same build as RC.

I speculate there would then be a lot of people having CarPlay issues 😂

 

[Domadia_Jasmine]

 

[Domadia_Jasmine]

Nothing today!!

 

[Maloney~888]

Nothing today!!

🤣

 

[Reeneman]

Late release today like is was with 26.1

 

[chillip]

Amateurs, you should know by now it could drop in the next 5 hours!

 

[arovik]

26.3 beta 1 tomorrow or Wednesday?

 

[mattburley7]

deleted

 

[Mikepeer]

RC2 out

 

[Spocky]

23C54

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

RC2 out

That was quite unexpected.

 

[iSuzan]

Loading. Nothing for iPad OS yet...

 

[Domadia_Jasmine]

Deleted

 

[Mlrollin91]

Appears to be iOS only. Not seeing one for iPad, Watch or Mac.

 

[chillip]

Oh ffs! So next week now?

 

[gank41]

Oh ffs! So next week now?

Could possibly be Wednesday, maybe even tomorrow

 

[Broken Hope]

My money is on the 15th

 

[Reeneman]

Sheesh
That’s unexpected

 

[drak22]

In the end, Apple did see the need for another RC, haha.
It's still being shown as a beta, without a version changelog, so the final version may be a different build.

 

[mattburley7]

looks like around this time last year we had a iOS 18.2 RC 2

Apple Seeds Second Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration

Apple today seeded the second release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 updates to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the first RCs. The first iOS 18.2 RC had a build number of 22C150, while the second RC's build...

www.macrumors.com

the final version was released 2 days later

Apple Releases iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 With Genmoji, Image Playground, Siri ChatGPT and More

Apple today released iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, the second major updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates that came out in September. The new updates come over a month after Apple released iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The new software...

www.macrumors.com

so maybe if we follow this pattern we will see the final of 26.2 on Wednesday the 10th!

 

[kawa636r]

is it modem firmware version the same?

 

[TheCart]

is it modem firmware version the same?

It is for me on 14 pro

 

[sbailey4]

I would bet a Thursday 12-11 release.