{"id":503885,"date":"2026-03-30T18:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503885\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:33:11","slug":"apple-releases-first-ios-26-5-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503885\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple releases first iOS 26.5 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iOS-26.5-b1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"iOS 26.5 beta 1\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has released the first iOS 26.5 beta for developers. iOS 26.5 beta 1 arrives after the official release of iOS 26.4 for iPhone. <\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/24\/apple-releases-ios-26-4-with-8-new-emoji-and-12-more-changes-to-your-iphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highlighted 13 enhancements<\/a> in iOS 26.4, including changes to Apple Music, new emoji, and an improved keyboard experience.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s beta iPhone software update is just over 8GB on iPhone 17 Pro.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"451\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/26.5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045773\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As for iOS 26.5, we hope to see some long overdue Siri and Apple Intelligence features. Apple announced features like Personal Intelligence in 2024, but <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/03\/07\/apple-intelligence-personal-siri-delayed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">delayed<\/a> these in 2025. At the start of 2026, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/12\/apple-confirms-googles-gemini-will-power-new-siri-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inked a deal <\/a>with Google to use Gemini AI models to power these unreleased features.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have to update our devices to find out, so stay tuned. <\/p>\n<p>Looking beyond iOS 26.5, Apple will <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/23\/apple-announces-wwdc-2026-for-june-8-ios-27-set-to-be-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unveil iOS 27 on June 8<\/a>. That\u2019s when Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference at Apple Park in California.<\/p>\n<p>Update: So far, no signs of new anything. Stay tuned \u2014 just maybe for another release.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767826569_427_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rDvqMk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1044137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774895591_91_750x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has released the first iOS 26.5 beta for developers. iOS 26.5 beta 1 arrives after the official&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-503885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}