iOS 26.6 Public Beta Available, Adds Small Change to Blocked Contacts

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The public prerelease versions of Apple's system software increment as we get close to WWDC.

Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is less than two weeks away, where we expect to get our first look at iOS 27 and the other system updates that will likely roll out in the fall. If you want a peek into a more immediate future, Apple has just released the public beta of iOS 26.6, the next version of the current iPhone system.

Also available are iPadOS 26.6, MacOS 26.6 Tahoe, WatchOS 26.6 and TVOS 26.6. Prerelease versions for developers were sent out a few days ago.

New in this release is a feature you may never run into: an alert when you've blocked too many contacts. Blocking is a feature for counteracting spam calls and texts, so if you're plagued by unwanted intrusions, you may hit the system's unspecified limit at some point.

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