Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers, New Public Betas

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three days after Apple provided the initial beta to developers. Apple has also released a new version of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 for public beta testers.

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

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new features to the iPhone and the iPad. A Playlist Playground feature in Apple Music lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. There's also a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows, and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork.

Apple Podcasts is getting native video podcasting capabilities that will make it easier to create, distribute, and monetize video podcast content through the Podcasts app. Video episodes will integrate with existing Apple podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions.

Apple is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS, which will eventually bring full encryption to text conversations between Android and iPhone users. Apple is testing RCS with iPhone-to-iPhone conversations and iPhone-to-Android conversations.

Stolen Device Protection is enabled by default, there's a new ambient music widget, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app, and plenty more. All of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our iOS 26.4 beta features guide.

Update: Apple also released a new third beta of watchOS 26.4.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers, New Public Betas

 

[KMTH]

PLEASE let this resolve my Messages issue on my 17 Pro!!!!!!! Phone is virtually unusable for messages, but seems to be unimpacted on my 15 and 16 Pro Max!

 

[JCCL]

Now this is unexpected. Downloading. There’s also an updated WatchOS Beta

 

[dchronus]

Will this fix the horrible sync issues I’ve been seeing to my watch? A man can hope 😂

 

[phuklok1]

we’re at iOS 26.4, Apple. Please throw us a bone and give us a system wide real graphic equalizer that remembers individual Bluetooth settings, it’s really not that difficult. we’re talking 90s tech. i bet a single competent apple dev can knock it out in one afternoon.

 

[Ghivi01]

My Apple Watch has also a new version of WatchOS 26.4 beta 3 version available for download.

 

[tywebb13]

ios and ipados is build 23E5223k

watchos is build 23T5226i

 

[Ethan.Albano]

New build has not fixed my Safari loading issues.

 

[drew49]

PLEASE let this resolve my Messages issue on my 17 Pro!!!!!!! Phone is virtually unusable for messages, but seems to be unimpacted on my 15 and 16 Pro Max!

What issues are you having specifically? My iPhone Air is not getting message while my iPad is…and if I send from my iPhone some are only on RCS, not iMessage. It’s odd…..

 

[mulatosnarf]

What issues are you having specifically? My iPhone Air is not getting message while my iPad is…and if I send from my iPhone some are only on RCS, not iMessage. It’s odd…..

My rcs message don’t go when on WiFi on pb1

 

[mulatosnarf]

New build has not fixed my Safari loading issues.

What issues are you having?

 

[thelion7]

Apple today seeded revised third betas of the upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three days after Apple provided the initial beta to developers. Apple has also released a new version of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 for public beta testers.

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

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 add multiple new features to the iPhone and the iPad. A Playlist Playground feature in Apple Music lets you generate songs for any idea, mood, emotion, or activity using a text-based prompt. There's also a Concerts Near You feature for finding local shows, and a redesigned look for albums and playlists with full-page artwork.

Apple Podcasts is getting native video podcasting capabilities that will make it easier to create, distribute, and monetize video podcast content through the Podcasts app. Video episodes will integrate with existing Apple podcasts features, like personalized recommendations and editorial suggestions.

Apple is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS, which will eventually bring full encryption to text conversations between Android and iPhone users. Apple is testing RCS with iPhone-to-iPhone conversations and iPhone-to-Android conversations.

Stolen Device Protection is enabled by default, there's a new ambient music widget, new average bedtime metrics in the sleep app, and plenty more. All of the features in iOS 26.4 can be found in our iOS 26.4 beta features guide.

Update: Apple also released a new third beta of watchOS 26.4.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Revised Third Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers, New Public Betas

This better sort my iPads battery out. At my wits end and I can’t even restore or dfu restore at the moment. 😂😂😂

 

[Frankied22]

Anyone know if any of the podcasts work with video yet?

 

[iLuddite]

New build has not fixed my Safari loading issues.

Try disabling Wi-Fi Assist in cellular settings if you haven’t already

 

[LordArchie]

Unfortunately shortcuts (get URL) action is still broken

 

[KMTH]

What issues are you having specifically? My iPhone Air is not getting message while my iPad is…and if I send from my iPhone some are only on RCS, not iMessage. It’s odd…..

messages will completely crash at times, sometimes when i'm swapping between threads and othertimes right when i send a bunch of messages. when it crashes, it takes forever to actually "crash" and then actually fails to send the messages at all! Like they're just GONE when messages comes back!

 

[srbNYC]

Does this fix the thing????

 

[xxFoxtail]

This seemed to make the Wi-Fi 6E Mode option re-appear on my iPhone Air.

 

[mikeack]

Installing across devices now. Hopefully, this fixes the massive lag in GPU heavy tasks.

 

[mlenger]

Something funky going on with Safari -Amazon website can’t switch accounts and won’t show shopping cart counts.
Everything works fine on Firefox.

 

[mulatosnarf]

E2ee not working on Tmobile

 

[The Doctor11]

New build has not fixed my Safari loading issues.

Brooo.

It literally makes me want to stop installing betas ever again.

And I’ve been installing .0 betas for 12 years now 😂

 

[Black_Mage]

With 26.4 just around the corner, I wonder if I should have just waited for it instead of bothering with 26.3.1.

 

[Mikegwald]

This better sort my iPads battery out. At my wits end and I can’t even restore or dfu restore at the moment. 😂😂😂

why cant you do a DFU restore? i have never not been able to do a DFU before

 

[Mikegwald]

Brooo.

It literally makes me want to stop installing betas ever again.

And I’ve been installing .0 betas for 12 years now 😂

i havent used safari since iphone 3GS whats the problem with it?