Apple has released the first developer betas for iOS 26.5 and macOS 26.5, giving early access to the next round of updates across its platforms. These builds are mainly intended for testing, so developers can start checking compatibility and spotting bugs ahead of a wider release.

So far, the updates don’t appear to introduce major new features. Instead, they focus more on behind-the-scenes improvements like performance tweaks, stability fixes, and smaller refinements that usually come after bigger version changes.

As usual, these early versions are likely to change over time as feedback comes in. More noticeable features or adjustments could still show up in later beta releases before the updates reach the public.

Topic / Subject Apple released macOS 26.4 beta 2 for developers on Feb. 23 (build 25E5218f), continuing a beta cycle that’s adding quality-of-life tweaks and nudging the ecosystem further toward Apple Silicon-only reality.  TL;DR Not a blockbuster beta — but it’s stacking practical changes (battery charge limits, Safari options) and starting the “Rosetta 2 is ending” warning campaign.  Key…

Apple seeds eighth betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to developers

Juli Clover for MacRumors:

Apple today seeded the eighth betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to developers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the seventh betas and two months after unveiling the new operating system at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

Each new beta brings new features and changes to iOS 13, and the seventh beta added tweaks to Find My, an option for deleting Message…