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iOS 26.0 Beta 6

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Developer beta

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About this appearance

iOS 26 Beta 6 (23A5318c) has 5 source-supported milestone deltas plus exact build and channel metadata.

Date
Aug 11, 2025
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Release identity

iOS 26 Beta 6 appeared on 2025-08-11. Its primary build is 23A5318c; that build identifier is scoped to iOS even when the same alphanumeric value also appeared on another Apple platform.[1]

What changed at this milestone

The adjacent preserved Apple Developer snapshots support 5 milestone-specific items for this seed. These are deltas visible at this point in the prerelease cycle, not a cumulative copy of the eventual public release notes.[2][3][4][5][6]

How to read these notes

Apple’s iOS and iPadOS 26 developer-notes page was updated throughout the beta cycle. This article uses preserved snapshots to isolate what the retained evidence supports at Beta 6; it does not project the final public notes backward or describe an unlisted revision as a bug or security fix.[7][8]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. iOS 26.0 beta 6 (23A5318c)

    Apple Developer · Apple · 2025-08-11T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 26.0 Beta 6; build 23A5318c

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  2. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · Foundation Models framework — Resolved Issues; 156223847

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  3. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · Messages — Known Issues; 157779997

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  4. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · Passcode — Resolved Issues; 156070293

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  5. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · Search — Resolved Issues; 157464670

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  6. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · Web Apps — Resolved Issues; 154655565

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  7. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z · beta-6 release-note snapshot

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  8. iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes

    Apple Developer Documentation · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Living document; historical attribution boundary

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Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

Alphanumeric passcode entry restored

documentedconfirmed

Apple fixed the Beta 5 state that could present a single-digit screen for an alphanumeric passcode.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot · Passcode — Resolved Issues; 156070293

bugFix · fixed

Foundation Models asset-download guardrail errors

documentedconfirmed

Foundation Models stopped reporting guardrail violations caused by model assets that had not fully downloaded.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26 Release Notes — beta-6 snapshot · Foundation Models framework — Resolved Issues; 156223847

other · changed

Beta 6 seed

documentedconfirmed

iOS 26 Beta 6 appeared on 2025-08-11 as build 23A5318c.

  1. [1] iOS 26.0 beta 6 (23A5318c) · iOS 26.0 Beta 6; build 23A5318c