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Apple Seeds iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 Release Candidates

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple seeded the fifth betas. The RCs represent the final version of the software that will be released soon should no additional bugs be found.

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Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.

With iOS 27 set to launch in September, Apple is wrapping up work on iOS 26. According to Apple's release notes, the update includes security fixes and optimizes the Spotlight index to prepare for ‌iOS 27‌.

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16 weeks ago
excited for this point release, as it lays the foundations for us all leaving the hell that is the 26 series.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
16 weeks ago

excited for this point release, as it lays the foundations for us all leaving the hell that is the 26 series.
Having experienced all of the 27 dev betas (so far) with the exception of homepod os 27 public beta. (Which is a step in the right direction)

26 is a junk OS and Apple should be ashamed that they got as far as 26.5.2 and thought it was passible.

26.6 might just manage but still not great.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
16 weeks ago

Does this update implement the Siri AI indexing before iOS 27?
That’s what the article says 😀
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16 weeks ago

Still waiting for my iPhone 16 Pro's battery life to be fixed after a recent update absolutely killed it. Spoken to many people who have experienced the same on 1 or 2 year old iPhones.
26.5.2 has been HORRIBLE for battery. Even caused me to do a DFU restore and it went right back to having issues. My 16 barely makes it through the day on 80% at 100% health.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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16 weeks ago

I hope ios 26.6 fixes the bug thats locking people out of apple account, it was a bug in ios 26.5 then went away on its own after a week now its back in ios 26.5.2 but its WORSE, It prompts me to unlock the account every 2 hours. I hope it fixes itself on its own but I doubt it. Maybe it will be fixed in ios 26.6 but prob not. Go to reddit if you have this issue [MEDIA=reddit]ios26/comments/1v1qymb/anyone_else_get_locked_outta_their_icloud_today[/MEDIA]
Strange.. I have never got locked out of any of my devices, and I have about 14.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
16 weeks ago

Having experienced all of the 27 dev betas (so far) with the exception of homepod os 27 public beta. (Which is a step in the right direction)

26 is a junk OS and Apple should be ashamed that they got as far as 26.5.2 and thought it was passible.

26.6 might just manage but still not great.
It's Windows Vista. They've finally made it to SP1. 27 is SP2, maybe Windows 7 if we're lucky.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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