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iPadOS 26.6 RC

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About this appearance

Apple's iPadOS 26.6 RC-specific developer note documents HealthKit authorization and statistics, HDR screenshots in Messages, Object Capture, corrupted sticker data, and StoreKit test sessions, without assigning public-only, build-specific, or earlier-beta material to this route.

Date
Jul 20, 2026
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 candidate documentation

Apple's canonical developer page identifies itself as iOS & iPadOS 26.6 RC Release Notes. This article attaches only the changes enumerated on that RC-labeled page to the existing RC route.[1]

Documented RC delta

The canonical developer note still identifies itself as iOS & iPadOS 26.6 RC Release Notes and limits the structured inventory here to HealthKit authorization and statistics, HDR screenshots in Messages, Object Capture, corrupted sticker data, and StoreKit test sessions. Each occurrence below comes from an item Apple places on that RC page.[1]

Evidence boundary

No cumulative public support note, public security advisory, earlier beta snapshot, undocumented behavior, build number, release date, or cross-platform assumption is projected onto this event. The current RC-titled developer note supports the enumerated changes, but it does not provide durable historical artifact metadata.[1]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · iOS & iPadOS 26.6 RC Release Notes; RC overview and enumerated sections

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  2. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

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

  3. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

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

  4. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

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

  5. iOS & iPadOS 26.6 Release Notes

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

  6. Apple Developer

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

    Legacy chronology source: Apple Developer

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

bugFix · fixed

HDR screenshot delivery in Messages

documentedconfirmed

The RC notes identify a fix for HDR screenshots becoming garbled when sent through Messages.

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

bugFix · fixed

Object Capture and StoreKit Simulator fixes

documentedconfirmed

The RC notes separately identify failed Object Capture reconstruction and StoreKit test sessions that could not connect from Simulator.

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

bugFix · fixed

Synced sticker recovery

documentedconfirmed

The RC corrected a corruption state that could hide existing stickers, prevent new stickers, and propagate through iCloud sync.

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

bugFix · fixed

Overlapping-sample HealthKit average fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC corrected erroneously high temporally weighted averages for discrete quantities when samples overlap in time.

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

bugFix · fixed

Blood-pressure HealthKit authorization fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC notes say the authorization sheet now appears for applications requesting the documented systolic or diastolic blood-pressure quantity types.

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