Apple on Monday seeded the first betas of its upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing. The new betas come one week after Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to the public.
Registered developers can download the new iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app.
Apple continues testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices in the betas of iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5. It didn’t make the public release of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, but the feature is back in the iOS 26.5 beta. In the Messages section of the Settings app, the End-to-End Encryption toggle is back in the RCS options, and like before, it is enabled by default.
While the iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 betas are currently limited to developers, Apple will likely release a public beta in the coming days.
As usual, MacTrast and Apple both warn users to not install any betas on their daily driver iPhone or iPad. Instead, only install betas on a device set aside for testing purposes.
