Apple releases iOS 18.5 update for beta testers

TOI Tech Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 7, 2025, 13:46 IST

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Apple has released iOS 18.5 for beta testers, promising an improved user experience through new features, bug fixes, and enhancements. The update includes a new wallpaper matching the Apple Pride Watch Band and a parental alert system to notify parents of Screen Time passcode bypass attempts.

Apple releases iOS 18.5 update for beta testers

Apple has released the iOS 18.5 update for beta testers. The latest update includes new features, bug fixes and some enhancements. The company claims that the update is designed to improve overall user experince. It is also expected that Apple will roll out the update for all the users sometime next week. Apple has also provided the release notes for the iOS 18.5 update.

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The update also brings the a new wallpaper which matches to Apple Pride Watch Band of this year. Along with this, the tech giant has also introduced new parental alert with the update. The parental alert will warn the parents if a child tries to by[ass the Screen Time passcode.

Here are the complete release notes of iOS 18.5 update

The iOS & iPadOS 18.5 SDK provides support to develop apps for iPhone and iPad running iOS & iPadOS 18.5 RC. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 16.4, available from the Mac App Store. For information on the compatibility requirements for Xcode 16.4, see .

Fixed: On iOS 18.4 beta 1, the Apple Vision Pro app launches with a black screen if downloaded from the App Store. Upgrade to iOS 18.4 beta 2 and newer, and the app will launch as expected. (146814396)

Broadcast extensions now have a higher per-process memory limit. This should enable capturing & streaming content at higher quality, if the system resources are available. (144104867)

Fixed: Availability checking is disabled for C APIs in hvf. (148385341)

Fixed: Some enterprise apps might not launch. If you experienced this issue on iOS 18 or later, uninstall all enterprise apps from the device and reinstall them. (147965052)

Siri requests to play a song in Apple Music might fail across multiple platforms. (149392508)

Fixed: Calling isEligibleForIntroOffer(for:) will return false if there is no user account signed in. (146119524)

Fixed: Resolved an issue where the attributes in the NSAttributedString passed in writingToolsCoordinator(_:replace:in:proposedText:reason:animationParameters:completion:) (or its companion async form) are stripped when an NSWritingToolsCoordinator or UIWritingToolsCoordinator has resultOptions set to [.plainText]. The attributes are no longer stripped but instead use the same attributes as were included by the delegate in the NSAttributedString returned in writingToolsCoordinator(_:requestsContextsFor:completion:) (or its companion async form). (144105888)

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