{"id":614774,"date":"2026-04-30T06:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614774\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T06:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:49:24","slug":"this-new-apple-watch-face-is-coming-in-watchos-26-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614774\/","title":{"rendered":"This New Apple Watch Face Is Coming in watchOS 26.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iOS 26.5 and watchOS 26.5 will have a new Pride Luminance wallpaper and Apple Watch face when the updates are released in the coming weeks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/markgurman\/status\/2047521953167352288?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pride-luminance-watchos-26-5.jpeg\"   alt=\"pride luminance watchos 26 5\" width=\"1400\" height=\"704\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1045946\"\/><br \/>In a brief tweet, Gurman revealed that Pride Luminance will &#8220;Celebrate the vibrancy and individuality of the LGBTQ+ community and customize your watch face with colors from Pride<br \/>flags.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.5 has been in beta since late March, and a third beta was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/20\/apple-seeds-ios-26-5-beta-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released this week<\/a>. It is expected to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/30\/ios-26-5-beta-rcs-encryption\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">end-to-end encryption for RCS<\/a> in the Messages app and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/30\/apple-ios-26-5-maps-ads-groundwork\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ads in the Apple Maps app<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, iOS 26.5 has only a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/30\/everything-new-in-ios-26-5-beta-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">few other minor changes<\/a>. The update is expected to drop sometime in May.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/14\/apple-watch-activity-challenges-april-2026\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch Earth Day and International Dance Day Activity Challenges Launching Later This Month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has two new Apple Watch activity challenges coming up, celebrating Earth Day and International Dance Day. The Earth Day activity challenge will launch on Wednesday, April 22, while the Dance Day challenge will take place a week later on Wednesday, April 29.&#13;To complete the Earth Day challenge, Apple Watch owners will need to complete a workout that lasts for 30 minutes or longer.&#13;This &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/15\/apple-stores-apple-watch-software-restore\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Stores Will Soon Be Able to Restore Apple Watch Software In-House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple retail locations and Apple Authorized Service Providers will soon be able to restore Apple Watch software in-store without needing to send an Apple Watch to a service center, according to a retail source that spoke to MacRumors.&#13;Right now, Apple Watches that can&#8217;t be restored using an iPhone need to be mailed to an Apple Repair Center for service. There is no in-store repair option, so &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/23\/apple-iphone-apple-watch-health-ad\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Apple Ad Sells the iPhone and Apple Watch Health Pairing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has published a new ad to appeal to customers in the market for an iPhone and Apple Watch pairing, highlighting the insights it can offer for your health.&#13;Titled simply &#8220;Health with iPhone + Apple Watch,&#8221; the half-minute ad focuses on a woman waiting in line at a cafe who begins receiving unsolicited health and fitness advice from other people in the queue, as well as local residents,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iOS 26.5 and watchOS 26.5 will have a new Pride Luminance wallpaper and Apple Watch face when the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[516,166,74,26163],"class_list":{"0":"post-614774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-apple-watch","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-watchos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}