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Apple Seeds Ninth Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26

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Apple today provided developers with the ninth betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the eighth betas.

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Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app.

iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 feature Apple's new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends to the Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Control Center, along with menus and buttons in apps.

Apple's software includes features for apps like Messages, Phone, Shortcuts, and Apple Music, along with new Apple Intelligence features, a revamp for CarPlay, and more. In iPadOS 26, there's a whole new multitasking system that supports multiple app windows for a more Mac-like experience.

For more on the features in iOS 26, we have a dedicated iOS 26 roundup and a separate iPadOS 26 roundup. New features have been found in each of the betas, and you can get a recap here: beta 2, for beta 3, beta 4, beta 5, beta 6, and beta 7.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Ninth Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26
 
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Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken in Grocery Lists — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues in Sleep Focus Mode (very specific).

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection doesn't go further as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin — but it’s still not working with the public release just days away.

Also some less critical issues: stretched clock still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, Preview, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and probably others, to be continued…

There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.
Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.
I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess 🫶🏻


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
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Thank you for doing your part, from one beta tester (also an iOS dev) to another 🤝
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
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Repost this in the beta thread.

Edit: not because it doesn’t belong here but it’s a place with better chances of people helping
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)
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I am not sure I understand what you mean by this.

Almost all of my books are epub that was not bought from Apple. I either sync them via music/finder or drop them directly into the books app through files from a USB drive.

I dont have an issue with anything disappearing or offloading.

As a matter of fact, I was never able to get my books or their page position to sync across devices but when I moved everything to my M3 MBP everything started working properly.

My gripe with the books app has to do with liquid glass or the lack of it in the menu. It's like Apple half implemented.
 
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I am surprised there was a Beta 9. So only one week between final beta and RC this time around.
 
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I have no issues on iPhone, but have one big one for iPadOS, when launching Settings, blank window for several tries until it finally shows up. Update: Launching Settings on iPad Pro finally shows correctly.
 
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and the bug for wrong icons being shown in folders is still there… reported it in beta2. Icon when opening folder matches dark theme. Close folder icon shown is light….
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)
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Wait this is still happening? I completely abandoned Apple Books for Kindle because of this, years ago. Absurd behavior, it would always strike at exactly the moment I wanted to read and didn’t have internet (long flight for example). Come on Apple.
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
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Apple engineers were told to make image playground instead of fixing bugs.
 
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Wait this is still happening? I completely abandoned Apple Books for Kindle because of this, years ago. Absurd behavior, it would always strike at exactly the moment I wanted to read and didn’t have internet (long flight for example). Come on Apple.
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That is a weird one. Never happened to my imported epubs.
 
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Rachid Vàzquez said:
• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts 🙃. (Broken since at least iOS 16)
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Suspicious it only happens to books you didn’t buy through their store.

I tried using the Books app for the first time yesterday and loaded an audiobook that was in m4b. It got on the phone fine and then I went to make sure it synced to my watch. That is when I found out Books only syncs your audiobooks bought from them.

I’ll try your bug and submit it if it happens to me. I usually use Calibre and just read from my laptop. But I’ll try with Books.
 
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