Xcode 26.5 Beta: What Developers Need to Know

Apple dropped the Xcode 26.5 beta at the end of March 2026, bundled with updated SDKs for iOS/iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, and an unusually deep Safari update. While it's not a headline release like Xcode 26.0, it carries some genuinely useful additions — especially if your app monetizes via subscriptions. Here's a practical rundown of what changed and what you should care about. StoreKit Gets Serious About Subscription Billing Plans The biggest developer-facing change in Xcode 26.5 is a set of new StoreKit APIs designed around monthly subscriptions with 12-month commitment billing plans — a billing configuration Apple introduced in App Store Connect. New APIs at a Glance SubscriptionInfo.pricingTerms (PricingTerms model) You can now programmatically read the pricing terms for a subscription that uses a monthly-with-12-month-commitment plan. This means you no longer have to hardcode pricing details in your UI — you can pull them live from StoreKit. if let terms = product.subscription