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iOS 26 Speculation Thread
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That’s not all true. The developer beta is not only for Apple to get feedback from users. Developers update their apps during the entire beta process. I’m quite confident to say that 75% of apps are updated right about now… at beta 8. The last few betas has resulted in quite a few app updates the following days
As we told you, no beta today and most likely no beta tomorrow or sometime else.
Only one week until the event, relax and wait for the RC
Only one week until the event, relax and wait for the RC
I will wait for the RC after the Apple Event next week, have a nice sleep if you're in East Asia, lol. GN!
Devs can (and should) update their apps during the beta cycle, but Apple will not approve any app updates built with the iOS 26 Xcode until they call for app updates within the last few days before the GA release. With that said, devs can create fixes based on workarounds with in the current (iOS 18) Xcode and Apple will approve those updates.
The key is which version of Xcode was used to update the app.
Does Apple still do the Gold Master (GM) release? I could see an RC this week followed by GM just after the iPhone event pn September 9.
I don’t think so - it‘s only the RC I believe
They renamed it from GM to RC a few years ago and stopped using GM.
I could be wrong, but I'd bet we'll get RC tomorrow, and probably an RC2 next week. IIRC that happened last year or one of these years.
I'm hoping for a back-end server-side Siri update on-time for the event! (we've been working on this insane AI project coupled with our brand new Apple-quantum google-qbit wafers that generate their own energy on a secret ship that's been orbiting near the ISS)
Hey, I can dream a little..
Hey, I can dream a little..
No! Such thing never happened with a .0-release. The RC usually contains information about new devices and/or yet-to-be-announced features in the code so they NEVER drop it before the event.
I really can recommend that wiki again, here you find all release dates of all beta- and final-releases ever:
As you can see there, iOS 18.0 RC was released on Sept. 9th - the day of the iPhone 16 event. And no RC2.
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GM was a term used in the music industry, to describe the process of releasing the product to manufacture. As we don't release software on disk anymore, it seems like a totally appropriate step forward.
It would be great to get a beta 9 today given how much beta 8 sucks, but I doubt we'll get anything until the RC next week.
I echo this completely. Fingers are crossed for a Beta 9, but not holding my breath.
Yep, as s2mike said. Last time was iOS 12, which had 12 betas. Its not common but given how this beta cycle seems to mimic that of 12, maybe we will get a ninth.
Beta 8 has been great. Haven’t encountered a single bug on my iPhone 12 or my iPads running it. 👍🏻
What about icons redraws? That is happening constantly on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Its annoying!
I get this on my 16 pro too. I hope it gets fixed.