i'm ready to update to 19.0b1 on the first day.
iOS 18 has been blue balling me for a year now
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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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iOS 18 has been blue balling me for a year now
Same here, can't wait for the "groundbreaking" visual updates in 19.0b1.
Nope. Monday next week
The rumors are pretty exciting!
It’s about to get lit here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...d.2449565/page-14?post=33888446#post-33888446
Can’t wait to put this thread to rest. What a lame 2025 it turned out for iOS 18.
Fingers crossed for 18.5 release today !
It’s almost every single time Monday or Tuesday for public release ! So why you think today would be possible?
While I agree that Mondays and Tuesdays are very common for public releases, I wouldn’t say today is completely out of the question, sometimes Apple surprises us with their release schedule. Still, I’m pretty sure it’s dropping on Monday or Tuesday. 👍🏻
As with every 18.X release in this cycle, the final build released to the public has been a higher build than the RC/RC2 so there's a good chance to expect an update next week even if you are on the RC.
The RC usually is the launch build. So its finished, no reason to wait and hold it back.
Yes and no. Usually Apple gives us an RC beta for at lest about a week. That could be so that Apple can address any major bugs discovered by beta testers in the RC before they move to public release.
Yeah but this release is connected to a physical release (the new Watch band) so it'll definitely be released on the day they deliver the band.
So I guess that would be tuesday then ? The earliest delivery date in the USA being then , I just checked the website .
Just guessing but I say it’s coming Monday cause other countries will get it delivered earlier.
Hm... I ordered my pride watch band last week (Germany) and only will get it this Friday. And the bands seem to sell quite well.. if I look now delivery date already moved to next week.
But back to topic.. I assume the final release today or tomorrow.
But back to topic.. I assume the final release today or tomorrow.
Hopefully today, but with pride bands released tomorrow most likely tomorrow for 18.5
While that’s happened with a couple releases on iOS 18, they released the 18.3 RC on a Tuesday and released it to the public 6 days later. Last year, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, and 17.6 were released 7 or fewer days after the RC. It only ever takes more than a week if they need a second release candidate.
Very possible. All the 18.X releases so far have had a different build on the release than on the RC (Exception is 18.0 which RC and release were the same build)
[Edit] Doubt there will be another RC build but the release is what I was referring to
I think it comes today. Apple Store in my area showing new watch bands available for delivery tomorrow so you'd think they'll have the update out before the delivery of the new bands