Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a day after Apple released iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1.

Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.

We don't yet know what's included in the new beta software, but given that these updates will be tested over the holiday period, Apple may be planning to focus on bug fixes and performance improvements rather than adding notable new features.

When we learn what's new in the updates, we'll share details.

iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 are limited to developers at the current time, but Apple will likely release a public beta in the next couple of days.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 to Developers

 

[turbineseaplane]

Personally, I'm most excited for iOS 27.

I think that's most likely when things will finally be ironed out to the point where I'll be interested in joining in.

 

[M3T]

Fingers crossed they added a toggle for that shiny outline thing. The most Winamp design choice they’ve made since iOS 7.0.

 

[MacUserFella]

Finally back to 1PM EST releases hopefully

 

[TheSkywalker77]

Ready for more emojis??

 

[Danie_Morrow]

Damn, guys, you're so negative here.

 

[Risco]

Let’s hope the fix the frame rate issues.

 

[patseguin]

Would this be the release with the new Apple Intelligence maybe?

 

[LutzRFrank]

Would this be the release with the new Apple Intelligence maybe?

Doubt it. Earliest 26.4

 

[skiguy45]

Let’s hope the fix the frame rate issues.

Let's hope it fixes the Liquid Glass issue

 

[Taq'aix]

No iOS betas during the holidays. Made that mistake before. LOL.

 

[Computers 4 U LLC]

Downloaded and installed on all my devices, quick and easy, working well so far.

 

[sahajesh]

I’m waiting for iOS 29 when Apple Intelligence will be useful.

 

[F-Trunks]

26.1 improved battery significantly over 26.0.1. Would be awesome if 26.2 is even better but I doubt it. I guess we will know in a day or so. I'm holding off on trying it because i'm in love with my battery life on my 17 pro right now lol.

 

[DocDavidBanner]

Would this be the release with the new Apple Intelligence maybe?

That’s what Gemini is for. You don’t expect a new Siri or enhanced AI, do you? How long have we been promised that?

 

[AppleFan91]

Damn, guys, you're so negative here.

Welcome to Macrumors - the comments on this site are more negative towards Apple than most android sites 😂

 

[Artemiz]

26.1 improved battery significantly over 26.0.1. Would be awesome if 26.2 is even better but I doubt it. I guess we will know in a day or so. I'm holding off on trying it because i'm in love with my battery life on my 17 pro right now lol.

Why are you counting on a first beta to improve on the battery compared to one with 5?

 

[xpxp2002]

I just hope they finally fix swiping down to dismiss messages on Apple Watch. Been reporting it since watchOS 26.0 and it still isn't fixed.

 

[jz0309]

I think I will un-enroll from the public beta on my iPad, don't really want to do the weekly or so updates. Nothing is broken and performance and stability are good for me, I'm quite happy with 26.1 on all my devices

 

[TKSX]

I’m waiting for iOS 29 when Apple Intelligence will be useful.

Don't you mean iOS 30? Apple Intelligence, when released, will need 1 year to resolve all the software bugs thus it will be iOS 30 before it is useful for the masses

 

[winxmac]

Releases:
iOS 26.2 beta (23C5027f)
iPadOS 26.2 beta (23C5027f)
tvOS 26.2 beta (23K5029e)
visionOS 26.2 beta (23N5279e)
watchOS 26.2 beta (23S5280e)

Source

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Welcome to Macrumors - the comments on this site are more negative towards Apple than most android sites 😂

Apple intentionally slighted them by discontinuing (some Apple product/service they really enjoyed). There’s NOTHING Apple can ever do right in their eyes other than
Releasing a new version of (whatever), OR
Cease to exist.

 

[slippery-pete]

Personally, I'm most excited for iOS 27.

I think that's most likely when things will finally be ironed out to the point where I'll be interested in joining in.

What things need to be "ironed out"?

 

[klasma]

Ready for more emojis??

How about some deadpanjis for a change?

 

[klasma]

Welcome to Macrumors - the comments on this site are more negative towards Apple than most android sites 😂

Android users are less familiar with Apple.