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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T10:39:53.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Featured",
    "iOS 26",
    "iPad",
    "Apple Intelligence",
    "Siri",
    "iOS 27",
    "RCS",
    "iPadOS 26",
    "Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers",
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  "textContent": "Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.\n\n\nRegistered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.\n\nIt's possible iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 will include new Apple Intelligence Siri features, but it's sounding like those capabilities are going to be held until iOS 27.\n\nApple is planning to implement end-to-end encrypted RCS messages at some point, so that functionality could come in iOS 26.5, plus Apple has been planning to implement notification forwarding and proximity pairing for third-party wearables in the EU.\n\nIt's not known what other features might be included in iOS 26.5, but we'll provide updates when we've installed the new software.\n\nRelated Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26\n\nRelated Forum: iOS 26\n\n\nThis article, \"Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "Apple Seeds First iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers"
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