Early beta users have access to these new features now and they will likely roll out to all compatible iPhones in the fall. By David Nield Published Aug 24, 2025 8:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Apple today provided developers with iOS 26 beta 8, which means that beta testing is likely coming to an end. Apple typically only seeds eight developer betas of an iOS update before the software gets ...

A release candidate (RC), also known as gamma testing or “going silver”, is a beta version with the potential to be a stable product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge.