{"id":702733,"date":"2026-07-21T03:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702733\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:53:15","slug":"sixth-ios-26-6-macos-26-6-developer-betas-surface-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702733\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 developer betas surface for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple has brought out the RC developer betas of iOS 26.6<\/a> and others for testing, in what could be the last for this round. <\/p>\n

Apple is currently operating multiple beta-testing tracks at the moment. While the focus is on the 27-generation<\/a>, it’s current 26-gen OSes are still getting updates to version 26.6. <\/p>\n

The RC developer betas landed after the fifth, which came out on July 13<\/a>. The fourth arrived on July 6<\/a>, the third landed on June 29<\/a>, the second were distributed on June 15<\/a>, and the first round came out on May 26<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Release candidates are considered complete by Apple, and are effectively what consumers will get in the final public release. <\/p>\n

iOS 26.6 RC is 23G71, replacing 23G5065a
\niPadOS 26.6<\/a> RC is 23G71, replacing 23G5065a
\nwatchOS 26.6<\/a> RC is 23U67, replacing 23U5062b
\nvisionOS 26.6<\/a> RC is 23O770, replacing 23O5765a
\ntvOS 26.6<\/a> RC is 23L772, replacing 23L5766a
\nmacOS Tahoe 26.6 RC is 25G70, replacing 25G5065a
\nHomePod Software 26.6 RC is 23L772, replacing 23L5766a<\/p>\n

Apple also brought out two release candidates for older macOS versions: <\/p>\n

macOS 15.7.8 RC 6 is 24G822
\nmacOS 14.8.8 RC 6 is 23J619 <\/p>\n

As usual, whenever Apple has two beta tracks in operation, the milestone releases gets the new features, while the current-gen builds are performance and security-focused. <\/p>\n

The first iOS 26.6 beta build included a new feature for Contacts that notifies users if they reach the maximum of 20,000 blocked listings. There was also a security fix for Apple Maps<\/a>. <\/p>\n

AppleInsider and Apple strongly recommend that users don’t put beta operating systems or beta software onto their primary or “mission-critical” devices due to the potential for data loss and other issues. Ideally, they should retain backups of their data and try to use spare and secondary hardware for testing purposes. <\/p>\n

The more risk-averse users should wait for public beta builds, which are more battle-hardened and less prone to errors. <\/p>\n

Find any changes in the new builds? Reach out to us on X at @AppleInsider<\/a> or @Andrew_OSU<\/a>, or send Andrew an email at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has brought out the RC developer betas of iOS 26.6 and others for testing, in what could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-702733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702733","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=702733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}