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iPadOS 26.6 Public

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The public iPadOS 26.6 release closed the cycle with Spotlight preparation and focused fixes across Health, Messages, Stickers, Object Capture, StoreKit, and security.

Date
Jul 27, 2026
Availability
available
Revision
No
Build
23G71

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  1. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

  2. iPadOS 26.6 (23G71)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.6; build 23G71

  3. About iPadOS 26 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iPadOS 26.6

  4. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Messages — Resolved Issues

  5. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Object Capture and StoreKit

  6. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Stickers — Resolved Issues

  7. iPadOS 26.6 (23G71)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

    Legacy chronology source: Apple Developer

  8. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

Spotlight preparation for iPadOS 27

documentedconfirmed

iPadOS 26.6 included preparation work for Spotlight behavior in iPadOS 27 rather than a separately exposed user feature.

  1. [1] About iPadOS 26 Updates · iPadOS 26.6

bugFix · fixed

HDR screenshot delivery in Messages

documentedconfirmed

The update fixed garbled HDR screenshots sent through Messages.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes · Messages — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Object Capture and StoreKit Simulator fixes

documentedconfirmed

Object Capture failures and Simulator test-session connection failures in StoreKit were fixed.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes · Object Capture and StoreKit

bugFix · fixed

Synced sticker recovery

documentedconfirmed

A corruption problem affecting synced stickers was corrected.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes · Stickers — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Overlapping-sample HealthKit average fix

documentedconfirmed

A HealthKit calculation error that could produce unusually high weighted averages for overlapping samples was corrected.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

Blood-pressure HealthKit authorization fix

documentedconfirmed

The missing authorization prompt for systolic and diastolic blood-pressure quantity types was fixed.

  1. [1] iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues