According to initial assessments, Beta 4 mainly focuses on fixing errors and improving system performance. The updates in this cycle generally do not bring many outstanding new features and that trend is likely to continue with the newly released Beta 4.
Normally, if Apple plans to add major features to such x.5 updates, the company will introduce them right from the first beta versions.
By the time of Beta 4, most of the notable changes had been revealed and the builds were only further refined based on user feedback.
However, Apple sometimes still brings last-minute surprises, so it is impossible to rule out the possibility of a few small changes before the official updates are released to the public next month.
At that time, the detailed release note will fully reveal the improvements, including the quiet changes that Apple is quietly preparing.
With the current schedule, users can expect the official watchOS 11.5, visionOS 2.5 and tvOS 18.5 updates to appear in mid-late May, bringing a more stable experience before Apple enters the stage of announcing a new generation of software at the WWDC 2025 Global Developers Conference.
