iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[iSuzan]

Nothing here yet. Crossing fingers for B4 or RC as well.

 

[Artemiz]

I hope the AWS outage doesn’t affect Tim’s button today

 

[gforce216]

Would the AWS outage have thrown off the schedule today?

@Artemiz jinx, haha

 

[srbNYC]

Would the AWS outage have thrown off the schedule today?

@Artemiz jinx, haha

I imagine it has to have affected things, somewhere along the release journey.

 

[zarmanto]

Would the AWS outage have thrown off the schedule today?

Anybody's guess, really -- but possibly not, since Apple is headquartered on the West coast while the outage is mostly on the East coast.

 

[iSuzan]

Anybody's guess, really -- but possibly not, since Apple is headquartered on the West coast while the outage is mostly on the East coast.

It affected us here in Europe! So that is no reason.

But I hope not.

 

[yeahtyeaht]

Looks like nothing today

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

That’s surprising.

 

[iSuzan]

I am not giving up hope yet. It was often 20 or even 30 minutes late...

 

[ManuCH]

Anybody's guess, really -- but possibly not, since Apple is headquartered on the West coast while the outage is mostly on the East coast.

Many Apple tools are probably hosted on the east coast AWS region, as Testflight and other things were affected. If any of their internal tools are there too, this could certainly delay the release.

 

[greg624]

Many Apple tools are probably hosted on the east coast AWS region, as Testflight and other things were affected. If any of their internal tools are there too, this could certainly delay the release.

But they could still technically release and if some people have issues downloading it’ll fix itself by the time AWS is back running properly no?

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

I just don’t hope beta 3 is a two week release and will not get anything until next Monday..

 

[MrRom92]

The day one update for the new iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro will be 26.0.1.

New iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro Will Have Day-One Software Updates

Apple is preparing day-one software updates for its new iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro models. iPadOS 26.0.1 (23A8464), macOS 26.0.1...

www.macrumors.com

The builds/IPSWs for those were released last Thursday (10/16).

Releases - Apple Developer

Get the latest operating system releases and learn about updates to App Store Connect, TestFlight, and other developer tools.

developer.apple.com

But still, not sure how 26.0.2 fits into this. Assuming today is the RC and 26.1 is released next week, why bother with 26.0.2?

26.0.2 is better than 26.1

 

[gtmead09]

But they could still technically release and if some people have issues downloading it’ll fix itself by the time AWS is back running properly no?

Yes but think about it a little deeper, especially a public release of 26.0.2. Most people won't know anything about AWS, they just know stuff isn't working. So the first thing they will do if they don't want to wait is contact support. It puts avoidable pressure on the Apple support team if they wait till AWS is resolved. Assuming these two are even related.

 

[s2mike]

May end up getting a 1pm PST / 4pm EST release today…

 

[Paddle1]

iOS 18.1 RC was released on 21 October 2024 as per ipsw.dev with 7 beta releases.

iOS 26.1 is still on beta 3 and may be getting beta 4 or RC instead.

There were 7 but the 18.1 beta cycle started very early because of AI. 17.1 only had 4 betas before RC.

 

[Broken Hope]

Apparently they have released BridgeOS beta 4, so betas could definitely be coming.

 

[arovik]

Apparently they have released BridgeOS beta 4, so betas could definitely be coming.

BridgeOS?

 

[Broken Hope]

BridgeOS?

It’s what the T2 security chips use

 

[Artemiz]

Damn you, Bezos

 

[thatJohann]

See ya tomorrow

 

[christian.terra]

 

[Broken Hope]

Tahoe beta 4 just released by the looks of it.

 

[sbailey4]

26.0.2 is better than 26.1

How exactly do you know this?

 

[Artemiz]

Out now