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iPadOS 26.0 Public Beta 1

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iPadOS 26 Public Beta 1 (23A5297m) preserves exact prerelease identity and evidence limits without inventing a revision-specific or cumulative change list.

Date
Jul 24, 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

iPadOS 26 Public Beta 1 appeared on 2025-07-24. Its primary build is 23A5297m; that build identifier is scoped to iPadOS even when the same alphanumeric value also appeared on another Apple platform.[1][2]

What changed at this milestone

Public Beta 1 widened access to the Beta 4-era software. It does not receive a duplicate copy of Beta 4’s developer-note deltas. No public-beta-only iPadOS behavior delta was found in the retained evidence.[3]

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 Public Beta 1; it does not project the final public notes backward or describe an unlisted revision as a bug or security fix.[3][4]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. Apple releases revised iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 Beta 4 for iPhone and iPad

    Apfeltalk · Apfeltalk Redaktion · 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z · Build 23A5297m and revised Beta 4 relationship

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  2. Apple Releases First iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 Public Betas

    MacRumors · Juli Clover · 2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z · First iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public betas; July 24

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

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z · Beta 4 release-note snapshot

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  4. 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.