{"id":46156,"date":"2025-08-05T20:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46156\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:42:12","slug":"apple-seeds-fifth-developer-betas-of-ios-26-ipados-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46156\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple seeds fifth developer betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth developer beta round has arrived for the milestone operating systems, with fresh builds available for iOS 26<\/a>, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26. <\/p>\n

The fifth round surfaces after the fourth, which landed on July 22<\/a>. The third appeared on July 7<\/a> for iOS 26, iPadOS 26<\/a>, watchOS 26<\/a>, macOS 26<\/a> Tahoe, and visionOS 26<\/a>, but tvOS 26<\/a>, arrived one day later on July 8<\/a>. <\/p>\n

iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta 5 is build 23A5308g, replacing 23A5297i
\nwatchOS 26 beta 5 is build 23R5328g, replacing 23R5317g
\nmacOS Tahoe 26 beta 5 is build 25A5327h, replacing 25A5316i
\nvisionOS 26 beta 5 is build 23M5311g, replacing 23M5300g
\ntvOS 26 beta 5 is build 23J5327g, replacing 23J5316g<\/p>\n

The milestone release includes cross-platform changes, including Liquid Glass<\/a>. A glass-based user interface, it’s an aesthetic with transparent elements that features throughout Apple’s operating systems and apps. <\/p>\n

Other changes in iOS 26 include a new battery management system<\/a>, an overhauled camera app<\/a>, ChatGPT integration<\/a> tweaks, and AirPods feature updates<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For iPadOS 26, it is more productivity focused<\/a> with an updated Files app<\/a>, Preview<\/a>, and window management changes<\/a>. The macOS Tahoe changes include the Phone app<\/a>, Clipboard History<\/a>, and a reworking of Spotlight. <\/p>\n

In the third developer beta<\/a> build for iOS 26, Apple added more wallpaper color options, as well as more tweaks to the new Liquid Glass UI. The fourth developer beta<\/a> tweaked Liquid Glass more, revived Summarize Notifications for news apps, and a Silence Unknown Callers option. <\/p>\n

The ’26 betas aren’t the only ones Apple is currently testing. It has a second track<\/a> that has been testing out updates for current-gen operating systems. <\/p>\n

AppleInsider and Apple strongly advise<\/a> against users installing test operating systems or beta software onto primary or “mission-critical” hardware. The higher likelihood of major issues in developer beta releases can potentially result in the loss of data. <\/p>\n

Ideally, beta participants should use secondary or non-essential hardware and ensure they have sufficient backups of their critical data at all times. <\/p>\n

Members of the public wanting to try out the features of the inbound generation should really use the public betas<\/a>, which have been available since July 24. <\/p>\n

Find any changes in the new builds? Reach out to us on Twitter at @AppleInsider<\/a> or @Andrew_OSU<\/a>, or send Andrew an email at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. <\/p>\n