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Apple seeds watchOS 26.5 release candidate for developers

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After a month of testing, Apple is ready to release watchOS 26.5 to the public. The company has rolled out the release candidate build of watchOS 26.5 for testing purposes. The update carried a good number of changes, including a new Pride Luminance watch face, system-wide enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates. Read on to learn more details.

Apple is pushing the watchOS 26.5 release candidate build with 23T570 version number. The incremental beta for developers comes in a download size of 432MB. If you’re unaware, a release candidate build is essentially the final version, made available to developers before the public release. We can expect public release later this week or early next week.

Moving to the changes coming with the next iteration of watchOS 26, we’re going to receive the new Pride Luminance watch face on our Apple Watch. Apart from that, the update brings system-wide enhancements, addresses known issues, and brings security updates. Here are the official release notes coming with watchOS 26.5 RC release.

watchOS 26.5 release candidate – What’s New

  • This update introduces a new Pride Luminance watch face available to add from the Face Gallery, along with enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates for your Apple Watch.

watchOS 26.5 release candidate update

First things first, you need to update your iPhone to iOS 26.5 release candidate. Once done, you can follow these steps to install the watchOS 26.5 release candidate on your watch.

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap General > Software Update.
  3. Select Beta Updates and enable watchOS 26.5 Developer Beta option.
  4. Go back and download the release candidate of watchOS 26.5.
  5. That’s it.

Make sure that your Apple Watch is charged at least 50% and connected to a WiFi network.

Now the watchOS 26.5 release candidate update will download and transfer to your Apple Watch.

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Haneet is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of YTECHB. He has a huge passion for tinkering with latest smartphones, wearables, smart home devices, smart TVs, and more. As an avid Apple Ecosystem user, he loves customizing his iPhone and iPad to suit his needs.For tips, you can connect Haneet at haneetsingh@outlook.comIn 2019, Haneet and the YTECHB team exclusively shared the wallpapers of iPhone 11 right before the launch event. In 2020, Haneet alongside his team members shared exclusive renders and official photos of two Samsung Galaxy smartphones - the Galaxy M11, and Galaxy M21. Later, the YTECHB team leaks information about Motorola's feature phones and Razr 3. In the last few months, our team shared Galaxy S24 Ultra leaks and more.You may come across with our work getting mentioned in The Times of India, India Today, Hindustan Times, NDTV, TechRadar, Digital Trends, Yahoo News, GSMArena, Android Authority, Android Central, Android Headlines, SamMobile, XDA, 9to5Google, and many other publications.He works across news, updates, features, guides, and more. If YTECHB writes about it, you can expect him to be involved in some way.

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