Along with the public beta 5 of iOS 18 for iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and other products, Apple has recently launched iOS 18 for iPhone. The accompanying developer betas were released earlier today. Anyone enrolled in Apple’s public beta program can access these new updates. The releases will be visible to current beta testers in the Settings section under Software Update.

With few modifications, iPhone users can now download Beta 5

Performance enhancements and bug fixes are the main priorities of public beta 5. Apple is putting a lot of effort into preparing iOS 18 and its companion releases for the major public release.

Mark Gurman said earlier today that iOS 18 is “final” after today’s betas, with the exception of features that are limited to the iPhone 16.

This most likely indicates that, as of today’s betas, iOS 18 is feature complete.

Even with today’s releases, it is difficult to notice much changes. For starters, they ought to function more smoothly than they did previously. However, there haven’t been many significant feature updates since the last beta.

It’s almost time for iOS 18 to go live in September

It’s just one month away from iOS 18’s general release. It is anticipated that Apple will announce the release date of iOS 18 at its major iPhone 16 announcement in early September, probably on September 10.

The public debut of iOS 18 is just a few weeks away, so this is one of the final beta releases to be prepared for: iOS 18 beta 5.

Not long after the release of beta 4 last week, beta 5 is available. Several changes were made with that version, including the following:

• The Browse tab on Apple Music is now called New
• Bluetooth control was added to Control Center.
• App icon tinting became linked to your Lock Screen and background configurations.
• Proper presentation of dark mode icons in notification banners
• A number of Control Center icons were updated.

Gurman says it’s doubtful that there will be any additional updates before September in the form of beta releases. Apple’s priority right now is fixing bugs rather than adding new or altered functionality in order to make iOS 18 more stable before its September release.