Apple makes iOS 17.5 release candidate available to developers. Here you can find out what's new

After weeks of beta testing, Apple has just released the iOS 17.5 Release Candidate version to those participating in its developer program. If no major bugs are discovered, the same build should be available on the latest iPhones as early as Monday. So what exactly is new in the iOS 17.5 release candidate? Let's unpack!

iOS 17.5 Release Candidate includes Apple's LGBTQ+ Pride wallpaper for this year. It features the word “Pride,” marked by colorful bars that respond when a user unlocks their iPhone. Expectedly, the same wallpaper will also be available to iPad users running iPadOS 17.5 Release Candidate.

In addition to the Pride wallpaper, iOS 17.5 Release Candidate offers support for the matching watch face. To find the new watch face in the Watch app on iOS, both your iPhone and Apple Watch must be running the latest release candidate version of their respective operating systems.

Beyond these additions, Apple News Plus subscribers will still be able to play the Quartiles game that was added in a previous beta. Likewise, EU-based users can still download iOS apps from eligible websites.

Otherwise, the anti-stalking feature that Apple developed to detect Find My Device trackers should work in the iOS 17.5 release candidate version. This automatically scans the iPhone's surroundings and warns the user of (compatible) trackers that are following them.

If you want to get the new wallpaper and watch face, you can install iOS 17.5 Release Candidate as follows:

• Join Apple's Developer Program.
• Start that Settings app on your iPhone.
• Go to GenerallyThen Software update.
• Tap on Beta updatesand select that iOS 17 developer beta Possibility.
• Go back to the previous page and wait for the iOS 17.5 update to appear.
• Hit that Update now button and Agree to the conditions.
• Keep your iPhone connected to a power source until the software update is complete.

If that sounds like too much work, you can wait for iOS 17.5 to become available to everyone – probably on Monday, May 13th. In this case, you wouldn't need to join the developer program or sign up for the iOS beta channel.