Release Candidate

A release candidate build (RC) is typically the final build of a piece of software in the beta stages for developers. Typically it is the final build before a major release.

Up until before iOS/iPadOS 14.2, Apple used Golden Master (GM) but with 14.2 that changed to release candidate.

iOS/iPadOS

 * 14.2 -  (  was release)
 * 14.3 -

tvOS

 * 14.2 -
 * 14.3 -

watchOS

 * 7.1 -  (  was release)
 * 7.1 -