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Apple has seeded the third tvOS 26 developer beta, with the new build arriving one day after the rest of the 26-generation operating systems.
Apple tends to bunch together its operating system build releases, both for the final public versions and while they are still being tested. For the “26” generation being tested out, tvOS 26 has lagged behind the rest of the pack.
Apple seeded the third developer betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26 on July 7, with tvOS 26 being the only absent build. That was corrected on July 8, with the issuing of the third developer beta build of tvOS 26.
- tvOS 26 beta 3 is build 23J5306g, replacing the second build, 23J5295e
Unlike the other operating systems, tvOS doesn’t tend to have many changes. However, this time around the updates include the Liquid Glass UI, iPhone-based karaoke, and new Aerial screensavers, among other tweaks.
AppleInsider and Apple strongly advise against users installing test operating systems or beta software onto primary or “mission critical” hardware. The higher likelihood of major issues in these early beta releases can potentially result in the loss of data.
Testers should use secondary or non-essential hardware, and ensure they have sufficient backups of their critical data at all times.
Members of the public keen to try out the features of the inbound generation should ideally wait until the initial public betas are issued, due to the significantly lower risk they present to your data.
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