iOS and macOS Tahoe Reach Fourth Beta Stage
On March 9th, developers received their fourth round of testing builds for a suite including iPadOS watchOS tvOS visionOS alongside the latest public beta release. The update brings back compact tabs to Apple's web browser and marks significant progress toward an official launch scheduled one week from now after three prior betas were released earlier in March 2019, with build numbers reaching Build 25E534c for developers by midday ET today
Key Points
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1Apple has released its fourth developer betas and public beta of iOS 26.4 (Builds ending in .5), iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and macOS Tahoe.
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2The new build number for the latest updates is Build 25E5233c
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3macOS Tahoe Beta includes a return of Safari's compact tabs feature
Developments
The fourth round of iOS 26.4 and related OS betas has been released for testing by Apple developers following the March release schedule. These builds include specific version numbers replacing previous ones but users are advised to avoid installing them on primary devices due to potential instability, instead preferring public beta versions or secondary hardware with backups in place if they choose to test further changes like mBoot and new health metrics reported earlier this month's releases
Apple hat die vierte Betaversion des Mac-Betriebssystems "macOS Tahoe" (Version 17.x) veröffentlicht und bietet neue Funktionen wie ein Akku-Ladelimit für MacBook Air/Pro sowie den Rückkehr zum kompakten Tab-Layout im Safari Browser. Zusätzlich wurden Sicherheitsupdates in Form von Vorabfassungen der aktuellen macOS-Versionen Sequoia, Sonoma und die nächste Version Tahoe bereitgestellt; das Hauptupdate wird voraussichtlich noch dieses Jahr veröffentlicht werden
Apple has released macOS Tahoe beta version 6, which includes the return of Safari's compact tabs and a fix for window resize pointer bugs alongside new features like Charge Limit settings in System Settings. The update also introduces warnings when opening apps that rely on Rosetta as Apple continues to phase out its translation technology with future versions.
Apple has released its fourth beta of macOS Tahoe 26.4 with a new Charge Limit feature in the range from eighty percent up through one hundred and backported Safari's Compact tab layout for users who missed it previously while warning that Apple Silicon Macs running Rosetta-dependent apps will see upcoming support end after version twenty-seven is launched later this year; meanwhile, benchmarks indicate MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro chip with slightly fewer GPU cores than the iPhone 16 Pro.