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Apple Releases watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3 and visionOS 26.3 Release Candidates

Apple today provided developers with the release candidate versions of upcoming watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and visionOS 26.3 updates for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple provided the third betas. The release candidates are the final version of the updates that will be provided to the public as long as no bugs are found.

General visionOS watchOS and tvOS Betas Feature Redux
The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is required.

We don't know what new features might be added in watchOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, and tvOS 26.3, and nothing new has been discovered so far. Apple doesn't typically provide release notes for betas, so we might not know what's new until the software updates see a public launch unless there are outward-facing changes.

The software updates will likely launch next week now that RCs are available.

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Top Rated Comments

7 weeks ago
TV OS took a very long time to update.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Rychiar Avatar
7 weeks ago
be nice if someone cared enough to drop some new visionOS environments at least... or just let the third party ones be usable whenever...
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srbNYC Avatar
7 weeks ago

Lots of other people trying to update at the same time might be overloading the servers
It's a lag in preparing not downloading.
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Jay Bly Avatar
7 weeks ago
Mine’s been preparing for over two hours. I think something is in disarray.
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7 weeks ago

That's because they want you to buy the new one if it's ever announced.
Yeah I would. 🙂
Mine is the first get 4k….
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7 weeks ago

TV OS took a very long time to update.
That's because they want you to buy the new one if it's ever announced.
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