Everything New in iOS 26 Beta 5

[73CortinaV8]

boring. release the folding phone already

 

[Reeneman]

That bouncy effect in the control panel looks cheap and tacky.
Doesn’t match the aesthetics of liquid glass.

Could see further changes in the upcoming betas.

 

[nollic]

The icons in the dock. Pure illustration or can I actually have normal sized icons in the dock instead of the massive Doro-style i have now?

 

[Gioser]

I’m hoping Apple goes back to a 2-row footer bar in Safari instead of burying frequently-used buttons (share and all tabs, in particular) under the 3-dot menu. But these are nice changes!

Honestly I think they should of made more changes that make sense such as updating the photos app to show which videos are verticals which are horizontal as a creator of both it’s frustrating having to jump into each video to see which one is which when editing in apps as there is no indication they always show as just squares.

No offense, but this feature has been around for many years (it was already available back in iOS 12).
It’s under Settings > View

 

[Klpp0]

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No offense, but this feature has been around for many years (it was already available back in iOS 12).
It’s under Settings > View

Yeah many ios users do not have a clue about the features.
Apple does not have to be innovative, be a tech leader or make a good assistant after 13 years.

just throw some new colors, emojis and round icons, and users are speechless

 

[svish]

Nice to see that there is now an option to revert back to the old camera layout. The changes to lock screen animation and control center animations are nice.

 

[berrymetal]

- Apple makes a change
- Everyone hates it and asks them to either revert or give the option to revert
- Apple adds option to revert
- People: "rEaLly sHoWsS y0u hoW cOnfIdeEnt ApPlE iS"

 

[whelmedjedi]

I hate when i open a pdf or video in files app, it redirects to the new preview app. While i was able to open them directly within files app before. It drives me crazy.

 

[sergekills]

- Apple makes a change
- Everyone hates it and asks them to either revert or give the option to revert
- Apple adds option to revert
- People: "rEaLly sHoWsS y0u hoW cOnfIdeEnt ApPlE iS"

Okay, let me rephrase people "we are upset that these *new* features took this long to develop and they were not actually tested properly, because all they bring is a mess".
How about that? iOS becomes a gimmick full of unnecessary and unusable features instead of improving the actual issues that it has.

 

[darngooddesign]

all these battery notifications and settings are getting a bit out of hand ... there are people out there who do not use their phone 15hrs per day non-stop ...

Those people can just leave everything on default and not worry about them.

 

[darngooddesign]

Here is an idea, Apple, LET PEOPLE SWITCH OFF WIFI WITHOUT having to go into settings. Not this half-baked function we have

"Hey Siri, turn off wifi"

 

[emlarsen]

double tapping the bottom of the screen and typing “turn off WiFi” works too since 18.

 

[macjaffa]

Here is an idea, Apple, LET PEOPLE SWITCH OFF WIFI WITHOUT having to go into settings. Not this half-baked function we have

Control panel, long press WiFi icon.


Edit all the likes are nice but antonrg is right. My post further down explains how to get a button in control centre for REAL wifi toggle.

 

[HMFIC03]

the camera changes are bad. hiding toggle swipe options in settings is dumb. unnecessary change for the sake of change.

Yes! Using public beta and its terrible - so happy to see “classic mode, a setting that reverses the scroll direction when you swap from mode to mode.”

 

[MacAttack2024]

so is liquid glass still a thing for iOS 26? it seems like everything is being rolled back slowly after every beta. Yes it's different and being refined but the "liquid glass" experience on Beta 1 vs Beta 5 is very different..

 

[antonrg]

You do not need to go into settings to switch off wifi.

You do, to properly switch it off. Otherwise it's just greyed out and continues to affect the battery, or at least that's to my knowledge. But if you could tell me how to switch it off directly from the Control Centre, it would be great.

 

[antonrg]

"Hey Siri, turn off wifi"

Yah, I haven't had Siri active for years.

 

[Spinarelo]

Yah, I haven't had Siri active for years.

Well that sounds like a "you" problem then. Apple gives you the tools to achieve the task you want.... you can't then complain because you choose not to use it

 

[abatabia]

Jumped in the beta on my 14Pro and this is the first I can say that I dislike iOS.

I’m sure I’ll get used to it but so far I think the whole look is hideous and childish.

Yikes.

 

[nollic]

The icons in the dock. Pure illustration or can I actually have normal sized icons in the dock instead of the massive Doro-style i have now?

Updated, and yes. Icons where made smaller in the dock.

 

[GuilleA]

I know I'm not the only one seeing the red condom...

 

[jntdroid]

Can we please get multiple users? Thank you

I second this - in case Apple is listening to the two of us... Or some sort of option for a second secure session (kind of like Samsung's Secure Folder option).

 

[techspin]

Beta means you’re signing up to be a guinea pig, but some of you are squealing over nothing. Apple should make the icons extra transparent and jiggle extra hard just to mess with these whiny users.

 

[antonrg]

Well that sounds like a "you" problem then. Apple gives you the tools to achieve the task you want.... you can't then complain because you choose not to use it

It's not a Me problem. If you think that using only Siri to do something is acceptable, then sorry to break it to you, but not everyone can/has to use Siri... It's an additional feature of the OS.

 

[antonrg]

Control panel, long press WiFi icon.

That's not switching it off. It stays greyed out only. What I mean is switching it off properly so the icon has a line through it.