{"id":631386,"date":"2026-05-08T18:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:31:09","slug":"apple-releases-ios-26-5-rc-2-ahead-of-public-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631386\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple releases iOS 26.5 RC 2 ahead of public launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778265068_199_iOS-26.5-rc.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"iOS 26.5 rc\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has released a new RC (release candidate) build for iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 today, available now for developers and public beta testers.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.5 RC 2 available now for testing<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.5 is <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/05\/07\/ios-26-5-five-new-iphone-features-are-coming-next-week\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"1051261\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to launch to all users next week<\/a>. But before it does, Apple has one last pre-release build shipping today.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling out now is iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 RC 2. The previous RC build was version 23F75, and the new build is 23F77.<\/p>\n<p>What might have changed between RC updates? Don\u2019t expect any new features or noticeable UI updates. <\/p>\n<p>Rather, Apple likely shipped a new RC because of bugs it discovered in the RC testing process that it needed to fix before the public launch.<\/p>\n<p>Even though every RC build is intended to be the final software version that ships to all users (thus the \u2018Release Candidate\u2019 name), it\u2019s not unusual for Apple to ship a revised RC for additional testing.<\/p>\n<p>When iOS 26.5 does launch, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/05\/07\/ios-26-5-five-new-iphone-features-are-coming-next-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it will include<\/a> new iPhone features like RCS end-to-end encrypted messaging, a \u2018Suggested Places\u2019 feature in Apple Maps, a Pride Luminance wallpaper, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed anything different in iOS 26.5 RC 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Best iPhone accessories<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_561_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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_421_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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has released a new RC (release candidate) build for iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 today, available now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-631386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631386","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=631386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}