{"id":1179402,"date":"2026-08-31T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179402\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:04:20","slug":"eighth-ios-27-macos-27-developer-betas-arrive-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179402\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth iOS 27, macOS 27 developer betas arrive for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lede\">Apple has moved on to its eighth round of developer betas for <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ios-27\" title=\"iOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a>, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27,  and macOS 27, as the September special event gets ever closer.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The eighth round of the Apple Developer Beta program has arrived for the upcoming iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, tvOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 releases, expected to ship in September.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The eighth builds come after the seventh, which arrived on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/24\/seventh-developer-betas-of-ios-27-macos-27-land-as-releases-loom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 24<\/a>. The sixth was Apple brought out on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/17\/apples-sixth-27-gen-developer-betas-arrive-as-the-fall-release-draws-closer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 17<\/a>, and the fifth round took place on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/10\/fifth-developer-betas-of-ios-27-macos-27-land-as-testing-continues\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 10<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The fourth was distributed on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/07\/20\/apple-starts-round-four-of-its-ios-27-macos-27-developer-betas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 20<\/a>, the third developer builds arrived on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/07\/06\/apple-rolls-out-the-third-ios-27-macos-27-developer-betas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 6<\/a>, while the second occurred on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/06\/22\/second-developer-betas-of-ios-27-macos-27-are-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 22<\/a> for most of the operating systems. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/watchos-27\" title=\"watchOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watchOS 27<\/a> counterparts landed later, on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/06\/23\/apple-rolls-out-watchos-27-beta-2-for-apple-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 23<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/06\/23\/apple-rolls-out-watchos-27-beta-2-for-apple-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 25.<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The initial developer builds of iOS 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ipados-27\" title=\"iPadOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPadOS 27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/macos-27\" title=\"macOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">macOS 27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/tvos-27\" title=\"tvOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tvOS 27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/visionos-27\" title=\"visionOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visionOS 27<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/watchos-27\" title=\"watchOS 27\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watchOS 27<\/a> were made available on <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 8<\/a>, shortly after the WWDC keynote.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The eighth builds are:&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iOS 27 beta 8 is 24A5430a, replacing 24A5424a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>iPadOS 27 beta 8 is 24A5430a, replacing24A5424a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>macOS 27 beta 8 is 26A5425a, replacing26A5421a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>tvOS 27 beta 8 is 24J5360a, replacing24J5358a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>watchOS 27 beta 8 is 24R5360a, replacing24R5358a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>visionOS 27 beta 8 is 24M5361a, replacing24M5359a<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>HomePod Software 27 beta 8 is 24J5360a, replacing24J5358a.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the same time, Apple has also issued release candidates:&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>macOS 26.7 RC 3 is 25G227, replacing 25G224<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>macOS 15.8 RC 3 is 24H22, replacing 24H20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first round included updates to Liquid Glass, the overhaul of <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/siri\" title=\"Siri\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a>, a selection of child-protective features, and many other smaller changes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The second iOS 27 beta <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/06\/22\/new-in-ios-27-beta-2-update-an-apple-tv-in-the-home-app-wallet-insights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">included<\/a> an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/apple-tv\" title=\"Apple TV\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a> in the Home app, showing it like a connected <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/homepod\" title=\"HomePod\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/homepod-mini\" title=\"HomePod mini\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HomePod mini<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/apple-wallet\" title=\"Apple Wallet\" data-kpt=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Wallet<\/a> also added an insights option.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/07\/06\/new-in-ios-27-beta-3-siri-ai-voice-customization-options\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third<\/a> included some visual tweaks, with more customization options added for Siri AI on newer iPhone models.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/10\/new-in-ios-27-beta-5-before-searching-settings-updated-app-icons-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Round 5 expanded<\/a> the Siri AI customization options to British English, a few visual tweaks to various apps, and a new Liquid Glass look for the Siri app icon.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Settings added a Before Searching option, so users can choose which apps appear as suggestions. Control Center got tweaked to remove cellular network types when you&#8217;re on Wi-Fi.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The seventh round also included a change relating to Siri AI. Specifically, references to a <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/08\/25\/youll-have-to-wait-in-line-for-siri-ai-in-ios-27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">possible waitlist<\/a> for the features to become available to end users, much like the first developer beta.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At your own risk<\/p>\n<p>While AppleInsider regularly warns readers that people trying out beta software should do so on secondary, spare hardware instead of their mission-critical or daily driver devices, it&#8217;s something that actually matters more this time around.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s because Apple&#8217;s early developer betas are for an operating system that is still under active development. There&#8217;s a higher chance of buggy, broken, and potentially harmful elements being distributed.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The initial builds are also intended to help developers learn about the operating system changes before the final public release later in 2026. It&#8217;s not meant to be used by consumers.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Unless you have a vested interest in using them, such as app development, don&#8217;t install the early developer betas.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, members of the public should seek out the <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/26\/07\/13\/first-ios-27-macos-27-public-betas-are-out-but-you-should-still-be-careful\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public betas<\/a>. They are much safer alternatives if you want to try out iOS 27 now.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Even so, while the public betas reduce risk to your data compared to the developer betas, there is still some risk.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Find any changes in the new builds? Reach out to us on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/appleinsider\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AppleInsider<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrew_osu\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Andrew_OSU<\/a>, or send Andrew an email at <a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#d1b0bfb5a3b4a69190a1a1bdb498bfa2b8b5b4a3ffb2bebcff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has moved on to its eighth round of developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1072518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3159],"tags":[547,53,16,15],"class_list":["post-1179402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117191682836577012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1072518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}