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tvOS 26.6

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
7
Beta cycle
62d
Average interval
10d
Public release
Jul 27, 2026

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

tvOS 26.6 was a narrow technical and security maintenance release. Apple’s consumer Apple TV update article had not added a 26.6 entry when this record was reviewed, so this summary is deliberately limited to the dedicated security record and developer notes.[1][2]

Apple’s live developer notes contained two topic areas and two listed fixes when reviewed on July 29, 2026; that sparse record should not be interpreted as a complete list of user-visible or security work.[3][2]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. tvOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · HealthKit and StoreKit

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  3. tvOS 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

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  4. tvOS 26.6 (23L773)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Release title and build

Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

bugFix · fixed

StoreKit Simulator session connection fix

documentedconfirmed

The RC corrected StoreKit test sessions that failed because they could not connect to the test environment from Simulator.

Recorded at RC

  1. [1] tvOS 26.6 Release Notes · StoreKit — 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.

Recorded at RC

  1. [1] tvOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

bugFix · fixed

StoreKit Simulator session connection fix

documentedconfirmed

The release fixed Simulator test actions that failed because SKTestSession did not connect to the test environment.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] tvOS 26.6 Release Notes · StoreKit — 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.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] tvOS 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +20 days
  3. +14 days
  4. +7 days
  5. +7 days
  6. +7 days

    Release candidate

    RC

    Full articleEditorially verified

    Apple's tvOS 26.6 RC-specific developer note documents HealthKit temporally weighted statistics and StoreKit test-session connectivity in Simulator, without assigning public-only, build-specific, or earlier-beta material to this route.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    4 linked
    Open this appearance
  7. +7 days

    Public release

    Public

    Source-linked recordEditorially verified

    The public tvOS 26.6 record is intentionally narrow: Apple documented two developer fixes and a separate security update, but no 26.6 consumer article entry.

    Build
    23L773
    Availability
    available
    Sources
    6 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .6 releases

48 days, 6.0 milestones

Based on 2 previous tvOS .6 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

62d (avg: 58d)

4 days longer than the tvOS average

Duration ranking

#17 of 50

Middle of the pack tvOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

20 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .6 releases (tvOS)

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VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
tvOS 15.6202263d711d
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Official release notes