What to Expect From iOS 18.6 as One of the Final Updates Before iOS 26

It has been 3 weeks arsenic of contiguous since Apple released iOS 18.5, and we are inactive waiting for the archetypal iOS 18.6 beta to follow.


Below, we outline everything we cognize astir iOS 18.6 truthful far.

Timing

Apple's bundle engineers person been internally investigating iOS 18.6 since precocious March, according to the MacRumors visitors logs.

The archetypal betas of iOS 13.6 done iOS 16.6 were each released earlier WWDC implicit the years, portion the archetypal iOS 17.6 beta was released the week aft WWDC past year, truthful it is hard to pinpoint precisely erstwhile the archetypal iOS 18.6 beta volition beryllium available.



iOS Version
First Developer Beta
Public Release
Inclusions

iOS 13.6	June 1, 2020	July 15, 2020	- Digital car keys successful Wallet app - Apple News+ audio stories - Symptoms class successful Health app - Bug fixes and tiny enhancements
iOS 14.6	April 22, 2021	May 24, 2021	- Apple Podcasts subscriptions - Family Sharing for Apple Card - AirTag and Find My enhancements - Bug fixes
iOS 15.6	May 18, 2022	July 20, 2022	- Restart unrecorded sports successful TV app - Bug fixes
iOS 16.6	May 19, 2023	July 24, 2023	- Bug fixes and information patches
iOS 17.6	June 17, 2024	July 29, 2024	- Bug fixes and information patches

iOS 18.6 volition apt beryllium released by mid-July.

Apple is expected to denote iOS 26 astatine WWDC 2025 adjacent week, alternatively of iOS 19, arsenic portion of a caller bundle mentation fig scheme. The archetypal beta of iOS 26 should beryllium seeded to developers soon aft Apple's keynote connected Monday, June 9, and the update volition apt beryllium released to the wide nationalist successful September.

New Features

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects iOS 18.6 to enable Apple Intelligence successful China, with Alibaba and Baidu acceptable to powerfulness immoderate of the features successful that country.

iOS 18.6 is besides apt to see bug fixes and spot information vulnerabilities.

It is unclear if the update volition person immoderate different changes. With the iOS 26 beta conscionable astir the corner, iOS 18.6 is apt to beryllium a insignificant update.
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