Apple on Monday launched the third spherical of betas for iOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, iPadOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6 and visionOS 2.6.
That’s regardless of the corporate unveiling their eventual replacements, iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 at WWDC in June. Whereas that may appear odd, that is regular.
Most of the people ought to get entry to those betas later this week.
iOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6 beta testing begins
Apple is at all times engaged on bettering the working techniques for all its gadgets. And simply because it’s already looking forward to the OS variations it’ll launch this fall, that doesn’t imply it’s given up on the present ones.
So whereas Apple used WWDC25 to present the world its first take a look at iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26, work continues on the variations that originally launched in September 2024. Meaning the corporate’s builders are coding two variations of them on the identical time.
Therefore the periodic rounds of betas for iOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6, together with betas of iPadOS 18.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6 and visionOS 2.6.
Apple launched the primary spherical of betas for these platforms on June 16, then the second spherical on June 30.
These concentrate on bug fixes, not new additions. Whereas Apple retains engaged on these soon-to-be out of date variations, this late within the cycle, the corporate saves necessary new options for the subsequent main upgrades coming in autumn.
Only for devs
At present, this most up-to-date spherical of updates for the present software program for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV can be found just for these in Apple’s developer program. It’s potential the total non-beta launch will come quickly.
Alternatively, the third betas of iOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iPadOS 26, and so on., are additionally obtainable for builders to check.
