Apple has released iOS 26 Public Beta 5 and Developer Beta 8. While there isn't much in terms of new features in the latest betas, these should be the last beta versions of iOS 26 before Apple releases the iOS 26 Release Candidate (the same version everyone will download when it launches). Exciting times, indeed!

How do we know these are likely to be the final beta versions of iOS 26? There are two key factors that indicate Apple is ready to release the final version. First, there are almost no differences between iOS 26 Developer Beta 7 and Beta 8 (and Public Beta 4 and Public Beta 5). That means Apple is making performance tweaks and fine-tuning the OS for the big time, rather than introducing new features.

The other reason stems from history: Apple has released eight developer betas s

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