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tvOS 26.2 receives second release candidate build only a day after the first

Apple has issued a second release candidate update for tvOS 26.2, following the first release candidate deployed on Wednesday.

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tvOS 26.2 has received a second release candidate build.

On December 3, release candidates for most of Apple’s major operating systems were made available to registered developers. Release candidates represent the final stage of beta testing, and it looks like tvOS 26.2 needed a few last-minute fixes from Apple.

On Thursday, only a day after the initial batch of release candidates was sent out, tvOS 26.2 received a second RC build. Thursday’s software update changes the build number to 23K53, from the previous 23K51.

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