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 people ought to get entry to those betas later this week.
iOS 18.6 and macOS 15.6 beta testing begins
Apple is all the time engaged on enhancing the working programs for all its units. And simply because it’s already waiting for 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 provide the world its first have a look at iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26, work continues on the variations that originally launched in September 2024. Which means the corporate’s builders are coding two variations of them on the similar 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 deal with 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 Whereas Apple retains engaged on these soon-to-be out of date variations, this late within the cycle, the corporate saves vital new options for the following main upgrades coming in autumn.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 attainable the complete non-beta launch will come quickly.
Alternatively, the third betas of iOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, iPadOS 26, and so on., are additionally accessible for builders to check.
