Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers

Apple has seeded the first developer betas of iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5.

This arrives a week after Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.

Developers can download the betas on iPhone or iPad via Settings > General > Software Update.

iOS 26.5 may include new Apple Intelligence Siri features, though those Siri features are likely to be held until iOS 27.

Planned items include end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging and EU plans for notification forwarding and proximity pairing for third‑party wearables; other iOS 26.5 features were not disclosed.