OS 26.5 is expected to be released next week, following more than a month of beta testing. The update is relatively minor, but there are a couple of new features and changes across the operating system that we have recapped below.

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The new enterprise-specific app is called ChatGPT for Intune. OpenAI says it includes the company’s “latest advancements, designed for users whose organization requires Microsoft Intune.” “This official app is free,

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth betas.