Even though Apple skipped macOS 26.5 public beta 2 after releasing the developer beta last week, Apple is now rolling out macOS 26.5 developer beta 3. Here’s what’s new so far.
Apple released macOS 26.5 beta 2 last Monday and, like beta 1, it didn’t include many relevant changes.
In fact, across all of Apple’s operating systems, the most significant change in the most recent beta releases was a new popup on Apple Maps on
Apple has released the second iOS 26.5 beta for developers. The previous beta introduced a new splash screen that signaled the upcoming arrival of ads in Apple Maps.
While there are no Gemini-powered AI features , the iOS 26.5 update does include a few changes.
The most discoverable new feature in iOS 26.5 is included in Maps. The new “Suggested Places” feature is now part of search in Apple Maps.
Apple also continues to test end-to-end encryption for
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Good news for sports fans: Apple has updated its Sports app for iPhone, adding new support for CarPlay alongside more F1 race-tracking features.
Apple Sports version 3.10 includes the first persistent Apple CarPlay features.
While there’s no dedicated app, Apple Sports now includes multiple widgets that work with CarPlay.
Apple’s Sports app supports two small widgets in the car: My Teams and Leagues.
Apple recently released iOS 26.4.1 for iPhone users, but now it appears that another software update could be imminent: iOS 26.4.2 is coming soon.
Whenever Apple is preparing a future software update for iOS, it tends to show up in the visitor logs for 9to5Mac .
That happens because testers inside Apple use the pre-release software on their iPhones and it’s logged by our internal site analytics.
Earlier this month, for example, iOS 26.
Apple’s flagship iPhone lineup could look fairly different than usual this fall, and new posts from Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital provide insight into the later launch timing and new cost-cutting measures for the base iPhone 18.
There’s a growing consensus that Apple’s base model iPhone 18 will be absent from this fall’s flagship lineup.
It will be a significant and unusual omission, but reporting from numerous sources now supports the claim.
And the latest corroboration comes from leaker Fixed Focus Digital.
Apple and Star Wars share a history of collaboration, and that continues with the newest film premiering in May. The Mandalorian & Grogu director Jon Favreau recently described how he used Apple Vision Pro to help bring Grogu to the biggest of big screens.
The Mandalorian & Grogu director Jon Favreau was interviewed by Matt Belloni during CinemaCon in Las Vegas recently.
During the interview, Favreau named Apple Vision Pro as consumer technology used by him to help create the latest Star Wars movie.
You can watch the full interview with Jon Favreau on
Joining the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 deal, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Apple’s least expensive 2026 16-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro hitting its best price ever at $200 off alongside the 24GB/1TB M5 MacBook Pro at its best price of the year ( $240 off launch ) and 1TB 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models at $150 off . All of those deals join
OpenAI has that ChatGPT and Codex are both experiencing issues, with many users unable to load the services. Here are the latest details.
Per , OpenAI began experiencing partial outages between 10 and 10:30 a.m. ET.
OpenAI’s system status page the ongoing issues.
Both ChatGPT and Codex are affected, with some users unable to log in, search, use voice mode, and other wide-ranging issues.
The official status update from OpenAI says, “Users unable to load ChatGPT
NASA’s Reid Wiseman, commander of the recent Artemis II mission around the Moon, has a phenomenal video captured on iPhone 17 Pro Max that shows ‘Earthset’—the Earth setting behind the Moon.