Following this week’s release of macOS 26.6 beta 1 for developers, Apple is now rolling out the first public beta build of the next version of macOS. Here’s what to expect.

macOS 26.6 public beta 1 now available

As widely expected, this week’s developer beta 1 for macOS 26.6 didn’t include flashy user-facing features.

In fact, there don’t seem to be any new features, with Apple’s release notes only mentioning a fix for an issue that could cause macOS deprecation notifications to incorrectly identify some apps as Intel-only.

The macOS 26.6 beta cycle is expected to continue for the next few weeks, with the official release likely to come out after WWDC and the introduction of macOS 27.