Apple's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists and early testing for encrypted RCS messaging.

Apple has released the first iOS 26 beta to developers, but even non-developers have the opportunity to download beta software updates on their iPhones for free. Keep reading to learn how it's done.

Update February 23: The second beta of iOS 26.4 is out now for developers. It expands the testing environment for RCS encryption to include iPhone-to-Android messages.

Following the WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple has just made iOS 26 beta 1 available to developers. The company is also releasing the first beta of iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 ...

Apple has seeded the first developer beta of iOS 26.4, introducing video podcasts to Apple Podcasts, AI-powered playlist creation in Apple Music, Freeform Creator Studio tools and more ...

Apple's CEO Tim Cook today said the iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 developer betas are the company's most popular developer betas ever. "It's wonderful to see great momentum building for our ...

The official iOS 26 public beta is out now for anyone to try. But Apple's seventh and latest version is reserved exclusively for developers. This latest developer beta version is supposed to be more ...