Apple Seeds iOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, and More Release Candidates Ahead of Public Launch

Apple has seeded release candidates for iOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and more. The public rollout is expected next week, around May 12.

Apple has seeded release candidates for iOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and more. The public rollout is expected next week, around May 12.
Apple reported its best March quarter on record, with revenue of $111.2 billion, up 17 percent year over year. iPhone set a March quarter record, Services hit an all-time high, and EPS grew 22 percent.
Apple has stopped work on the Vision Pro after the M5 refresh failed to revive interest in the headset. The Vision Pro team has been reassigned, and Apple currently has no plans for a new model. Only 600,000 units have been sold in total.

The April Xbox update rolls out custom accent colors, up to ten groups on Home, per-game Quick Resume controls, wishlist alerts in the mobile app, and the ability to add any game to your Xbox PC library regardless of storefront.
Apple has seeded developer beta 4 of iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, and visionOS 26.5, arriving one week after beta 3. Build number is 23F5069b.
Apple has released iOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.4.2 with bug fixes and security updates, two weeks after iOS 26.4.1. Apple also released iOS 18.7.8 for older devices.
Apple has released iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and tvOS 26.5 Public Beta 2 -- the first time public testers can access the beta 3 builds.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate drops to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass to $13.99, but Microsoft is removing day-one Call of Duty access from both tiers starting this year.
Tim Cook wrote a personal letter to the Apple community after announcing his transition to executive chairman, describing 15 years of morning emails from users and saying his departure is 'not goodbye.'
Apple has announced Tim Cook will become executive chairman as John Ternus succeeds him as CEO on September 1, 2026. Johny Srouji was simultaneously named Apple's first chief hardware officer.