Apple rolls out its iOS 18.5 beta cycle to developers
April 21, 2025, 1:20 pm
Apple has advanced its software rollout with new developer betas for iOS 18.5. Recent releases offer minor design tweaks and under‐the-hood improvements as part of the routine update cycle, giving developers early access to test features ahead of the public launch slated for May.
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Apple seeded the third beta of iOS 18.5 to developers today, and so far the software update includes only a few minor changes. The changes are in the Mail and Settings apps. In the Mail app, you can now easily turn off contact photos directly within the app, by tapping on the circle with...
Apple is now on its third round for its current generation of developer betas, testing new builds of iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, tvOS 18.5, watchOS 11.5, and visionOS 2.5.Examples of Apple Intelligence at work. The third round of testing for iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, macOS 15.5, tvOS 18.5,...
Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the second betas. iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General...
After seeding the second beta of iOS 18.5, Apple follows the testing cycle with beta 3. At this moment, it’s unclear what’s new with this … The post iOS 18.5 beta 3 now available to developers with these changes appeared first on BGR.
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