Release appearance
watchOS 26.5 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
The public watchOS 26.5 release added a Pride face, corrected messaging and workout audio, and improved StoreKit behavior.
- Date
- May 11, 2026
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
- Build
23T570
Chronology evidence
Appearance sources
These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.
- watchOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
- watchOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit Testing
- About watchOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 26.5 — Fixes
- About watchOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 26.5 — Pride Luminance
- watchOS 26.5 (23T570)
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 26.5; build 23T570
- About watchOS 26 Updates
Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 26.5
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Workout audio without iPhone fix
watchOS 26.5 corrected missing workout audio when the user exercised without the paired iPhone nearby.
- [1] About watchOS 26 Updates · watchOS 26.5 — Fixes
developerApi · changed
StoreKit Testing configuration and price behavior
A test-session configuration failure was fixed, while Apple still documented a limitation for observing some subscription price changes.
- [1] watchOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit Testing
feature · introduced
Pride Luminance watch face
The Pride Luminance face was added to the supported Apple Watch face gallery.
- [1] About watchOS 26 Updates · watchOS 26.5 — Pride Luminance
bugFix · fixed
Non-Gregorian entitlement correction
StoreKit current-entitlement queries now handle the documented non-Gregorian calendar case correctly.
- [1] watchOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
bugFix · fixed
Dual-SIM SMS fallback fix
The release fixed incorrect SMS fallback behavior for the documented dual-SIM case.
- [1] About watchOS 26 Updates · watchOS 26.5 — Fixes
bugFix · fixed
StoreKit receipt-version correction
Receipt version decoding was corrected for supported StoreKit flows.
- [1] watchOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues