How to install newer beta 26 SDKs into older Xcode 26 Betas?

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Bolsinga OP

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Hello,

It seems Xcode 26 beta is lagging the OS releases, which is fine.

However, how does one install a Beta N + 1 or N + 2 SDK into the older Xcode beta?

I'd like to use iOS 26 Beta 8 from the Xcode 26 Beta 6 install I have. I have tried Settings/Components and Devices & Simulators but nothing Beta 7 nor 8 shows up there.

Thanks! -- Greg Bolsinga

Answered by DTS Engineer in 855426022

Just keep iOS on the latest beta, and Xcode also on its latest beta, which you currently have. The numbers don't always line up, that's normal.

If there's something specific that is affecting your development that makes you want to do this, it would be helpful to hear what that is.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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Just keep iOS on the latest beta, and Xcode also on its latest beta, which you currently have. The numbers don't always line up, that's normal.

If there's something specific that is affecting your development that makes you want to do this, it would be helpful to hear what that is.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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Bolsinga OP

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Thanks; That will work; I was just hoping to be able to use the simulator version of Beta 8 instead of installing it on my devices right away.

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