iOS 26.3 RC Hints At Unreleased Products

https://www.bgr.com/2094118/ios-26-3-code-leak-new-chips/

Publish Date: 2026-02-05 13:39:00

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iOS 26.3 launch is finally just around the corner, as Apple seeded its Release Candidate version this Wednesday. With this build, the company is readying the official launch of not only iOS 26.3, but also macOS Tahoe 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, and visionOS 26.3. Besides several exclusive features coming to European users and a new data transfer functionality between Android and iOS, there’s also even more interesting hidden in this build.

According to MacRumors, iOS 26.3 RC features references to unreleased chips that the publication believes are about the new M5 Max and M5 Ultra processors. Interestingly enough, there are no references for the M5 Pro chip, which is expected to launch alongside the M5 Max option, in the near future with the new MacBook Pro models. While previous reports suggested Apple would be working on an M5 Ultra chip for this generation, it seems that a Mac that could feature this processor might be closer to release than we expected.