iOS 26.1 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[sbailey4]

Well so far this is running really well on iP16 and loving the new settings/changes and glass effects. However the battery is STILL in the tank like B1 was. No idea how this can be since again the battery stats are not really showing anything abnormal but battery is about 1/2 of what it was on 26.0 and 26.0.1. Gonna give it a few more days but geez I am really getting disappointed and brain frozen on what its doing any differently than the previous two versions.

 

[archvile]

Does 26.1 fix the issue when always on display is enabled, randomly when unlocking the Home Screen icons take an extra second to draw?

 

[iPhoneguy86]

Hey friends, I purchased an iPhone 17 Pro and essentially downsized from an iPhone 16 Pro Max. I am actually happier I went to a smaller size device. That said; the only frustrating issue that I cannot seem to fix is if I enable the Zoom view in Settings > Display & Brightness to make the appearance big the phone dial pad appears distorted. I’m not sure if I’m hitting a bug but this was there when I first got the phone on 26.0 before I updated to beta again from the iPhone 16 Pro Max so I don’t believe it’s a beta issue. Does anyone know what this could be? Perhaps a distortion bug carried over from iCloud restore from 16 Pro Max?

I tried a bunch of things and even reset all settings which was annoying as it deleted my Apple Pay cards and I had to re-do my whole Apple wallet. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Thank you!

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[Travis299]

Hey friends, I purchased an iPhone 17 Pro and essentially downsized from an iPhone 16 Pro Max. I am actually happier I went to a smaller size device. That said; the only frustrating issue that I cannot seem to fix is if I enable the Zoom view in Settings > Display & Brightness to make the appearance big the phone dial pad appears distorted. I’m not sure if I’m hitting a bug but this was there when I first got the phone on 26.0 before I updated to beta again from the iPhone 16 Pro Max so I don’t believe it’s a beta issue. Does anyone know what this could be? Perhaps a distortion bug carried over from iCloud restore from 16 Pro Max?

I tried a bunch of things and even reset all settings which was annoying as it deleted my Apple Pay cards and I had to re-do my whole Apple wallet. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? Thank you!

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Dial pad on 15PM IOS26.1 B2 with zoom enabled.

 

[uhaas]

Well so far this is running really well on iP16 and loving the new settings/changes and glass effects. However the battery is STILL in the tank like B1 was. No idea how this can be since again the battery stats are not really showing anything abnormal but battery is about 1/2 of what it was on 26.0 and 26.0.1. Gonna give it a few more days but geez I am really getting disappointed and brain frozen on what its doing any differently than the previous two versions.

I have had an issue for almost a year that when upgrading OS to beta or public releases, something keeps running post upgrade (even 3-4 days after) that has this battery draining effect. Doing 1-2 hard reboots (volume up, volume down, hold power until Apple logo) almost always fixes it.

I have filled software upgrade bugs to for this, which have gone unnoticed.

 

[snakesayan]

Is anyone else’s battery life completely terrible on these betas? I have an iPhone 15 pro that I had the battery replaced for and the drain is still so terrible! I don’t make it through the whole day without needing to charge my phone.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

Does 26.1 fix the issue when always on display is enabled, randomly when unlocking the Home Screen icons take an extra second to draw?

Yes. Haven’t had this happen ever since 26.1. It was a big problem on 26.0

 

[one more]

So far I like 26.1 beta 2 much better than 26.0.1. Seems to be doing fine in my iPhone 15 and iPad Air M1. It even fixed my previously broken Live Activity feeds in CarPlay. The only discovered bug so far is with AirDrop between my iPhone and MBP.

 

[ChandlerBing#77]

Hi! Did someone check if beta 2 solved the distorted audio issue with podcast on CarPlay?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-26-carplay-audio-distortion.2466232/

 

[aperfectcircle]

Almost perfect performance on my Air apart from a stutter when swiping home screens quickly after exiting an app. This first started happening on 26.1 B1 and is slightly better in B2 - happens around 40-50% of the time rather than 80-90% under B1. If I wait half a second after exiting an app it’s fine. No other stuttering at all (Safari is smooth) throughout the OS and main apps that I’ve noticed. Battery life is fine, possibly slightly improved over B1 but only based on my perception and not any usage analysis to confirm.

 

[sschmelcke]

All i know is my battery life completely tanked with adaptive battery turned on. Could barely get half a day out of it. I let it learn for a few weeks but it was just horrible with it turned on. If you have bad battery life try to turn that off and see if it helps.