Anyone using public Beta on their main device?

[TonyC28]

Have it on my iPhone 16 Pro and so far the only thing I’ve noticed is whenever I turn on an Apple TV in my house I get a notification banner on my iPhone lock screen for the Apple TV remote. Not sure if this is by design or a glitch. I do have those notifications turned off for Apple TV.

 

[zarmanto]

What made you switch this year?

Honestly, I just wanted to see for myself if Apple had somehow managed to make a better AI chatbot than the rest of the slop out there. (So far, the jury is still out.)

 

[martin2345uk]

I've put the public beta on my 17PM, iPad 10, M1 Air and Watch SE3... no regrets so far - they all run noticeably faster and more smoothly than under 26; amazing that Apple has been able to do this, why couldnt they just make sure iOS26 ran this well in the first place 😵

 

[lindros2]

I've put the public beta on my 17PM, iPad 10, M1 Air and Watch SE3... no regrets so far - they all run noticeably faster and more smoothly than under 26; amazing that Apple has been able to do this, why couldnt they just make sure iOS26 ran this well in the first place 😵

i think it's tick and tock - major UI and feature changes > then stability.
(Siri AI is the exception, since they've effed it up for years)

 

[zarmanto]

... amazing that Apple has been able to do this, why couldnt they just make sure iOS26 ran this well in the first place 😵

That's like asking a carpenter why his prototype table isn't already perfectly level, or an author why their first draft has so many typos in it.

Software development is an iterative process. Even "final versions" are a misnomer... there really is no such thing. The product changes slowly over time -- hopefully in good ways and not bad.

 

[DavidLeblond]

Yeah, I don't usually but I saw overwhelming comments about it being stable so I decided why not.

So far, I haven't had any problems. I used New Siri to look up my known traveler number and Southwest reward number while booking a work trip, she got them both to me with no problem after only indexing for a few hours. Telling her to turn off my lights or start a timer is slower, which is kind of annoying. Also, I have no idea why they redesigned Siri's interface. The rainbow border was much nicer than the black blob.

 

[throAU]

Not yet, at this point Tahoe (on mac) isn't irritating me enough to bother to switch and ipadOS/iOS is... fine for me on the devices i daily drive. Super busy at work - i have a secondary iPad Air M1 here i could put the public beta on but haven't gotten to it yet and i feel we're probably getting close to golden master soon.

Previously i have run the betas on my primary devices, and i generally switch them all at once to benefit from the new integration between the 4 platforms (inc. watch).