iOS 26 Beta Testing Likely Complete After Apple Seeds Beta 8

Apple contiguous provided developers with iOS 26 beta 8, which means that beta investigating is apt coming to an end. Apple typically lone seeds 8 developer betas of an iOS update earlier the bundle gets a last launch.


Apple did not spell beyond 8 betas for iOS 18, iOS 17, iOS 16, iOS 15, iOS 14, oregon iOS 13. Way backmost successful 2018, iOS 12 did person a ninth beta, a tenth beta, an eleventh beta, and a twelfth beta, but nary different caller versions of iOS person been updated arsenic often up of a planned September motorboat date.

With ‌iOS 18‌, Apple released the eighth beta connected August 28, and determination were nary consequent betas. Since the eighth ‌iOS 26‌ beta came connected August 25, the timing is similar.

Apple could ever deviate from its investigating rhythm and propulsion successful different beta if determination are inactive large bugs to beryllium worked out, but Apple bundle engineers are apt focused connected getting the ‌iOS 26‌ merchandise campaigner ready. There were nary large changes recovered successful the eighth beta of ‌iOS 26‌, and we are inactive waiting connected the last nationalist beta.

Ahead of erstwhile ‌iOS 26‌ sees an authoritative motorboat successful September, Apple volition supply a finalized merchandise campaigner arsenic the past investigating step. If Apple follows its past pattern, we'll get the merchandise campaigner for ‌iOS 26‌ conscionable aft the September iPhone event.

Rumors suggest Apple volition clasp this year's ‌iPhone‌ lawsuit connected September 9, truthful the merchandise campaigner would beryllium made disposable connected that date. iOS launches typically hap a fewer days earlier caller ‌iPhone‌ models travel out. Apple often holds ‌iPhone‌ pre-orders connected the Friday aft an event, and past the adjacent Friday is the authoritative motorboat date. So ‌iPhone‌ pre-orders volition apt beryllium connected September 12, with a motorboat connected September 19. With that timeline, ‌iOS 26‌ volition motorboat to the nationalist sometime betwixt September 15 and September 17.

We are besides not expecting to spot immoderate further betas of iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26 earlier the merchandise candidates travel retired connected ‌iPhone‌ lawsuit day.
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