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Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 18.5 to Developers

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming just two days after Apple released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4.

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iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

We don't yet know what Apple is introducing in the iOS 18.5 update, but we are still waiting on new Siri Apple Intelligence features. That functionality may not be coming until next year, though, so it's unclear if we'll get any new ‌Apple Intelligence‌ tools in the beta.

Once we download the beta and discover that's included, we'll update this article with details.

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Top Rated Comments

14 months ago
Cool but for me I’m leaving the beta world. I’ll keep up to date via your posts.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TruthWatcher412 Avatar
14 months ago
Siri still sucks, asked what month it is and she said she needed ChatGPT to get the answer.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago

Apple intelligence promises are now a reality.

It's the month of April.

So the dog breeds as user titles was only for 1st April
Are you having a stroke?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago
Well I also say I’m not going to download the new beta yet within 10 minutes of release I’ve hit the download button
I wonder what it brings
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
phuklok1 Avatar
14 months ago
hey apple, how about a system wide (and independent per bluetooth device) manual graphic EQ instead of a lot of useless nonsense? Thanks! LOL
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
xxFoxtail Avatar
14 months ago

Cool but for me I’m leaving the beta world. I’ll keep up to date via your posts.
Doesn’t seem like there's any notable changes here, or at least found yet. I might step off the beta train too until June. Then again, I like living dangerously.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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