Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the ...

Apple Just Released iOS 26.5 For Developers, But 1 Major iPhone Feature Is Missing

Another iPhone update has just reached its first developer beta. There was a chance it would include the first glimpse of the ...

New Siri Features Absent From iOS 26.5 Beta, Likely Pushed to iOS 27 in September

The iOS 26.5 beta that Apple released today includes no new Apple Intelligence Siri functionality, which suggests we're going ...

iOS 26.5’s Messages app has RCS end-to-end encryption in beta

OS 26.5 beta 1 gives the Messages app support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, after previously being available in the ...
Macworld

iOS 26.5 beta is here, but there’s still no sign of new Siri

We're not sure yet what new features the 26.5 update will bring, but new Siri stuff is probably not coming until OS 27.
Cult of Mac

iOS 26.5 beta 1: All the new features and changes

With Apple shifting its attention to iOS 27, iOS 26.5 beta 1 only brings a handful of minor changes to your iPhone.

iOS 26.5 Beta 1 is Here: Hidden Features Apple Didn’t Mention

Apple has seeded iOS 26.5 Beta 1 to developers. Explore new features like RCS end-to-end encryption, Apple Maps "Suggested ...

iOS 26.5 beta arrives with no Gemini-powered AI features as focus shifts to iOS 27

It’s safe to say that the Gemini-powered Siri and Apple Intelligence features won’t arrive in beta this month. iOS ...
InfoWorld

Software Development

Python 3.15 has introduced a feature to allow “lazy” module imports, where an imported module isn’t actually evaluated until the first time it’s used. For modules that take a long time to initialize ...