iOS 26.1 Beta 3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Exeterwayne]

I have the exact same problem on my M2 iPad Air 11”. It takes 5 seconds for the keyboard to appear systemwide. No solutions yet. I hope it would be fixed next week.

Happening to me too on my iPad 13 M4. I fixed it by doing a hard reset. 😃

 

[LillaViking]

Is it because on the phone you are viewing the thumbnail version. The full version is the one stored in iCloud. When you upload the image to Feedback it will probably download and submit the full version

But I have never seen this banding/noise issue in my photo gallery before. Happened for first time iOS 26.1 beta 3

 

[sbailey4]

Well Amazon Music/CarPlay has bit the bullet. The app opens but when try to play something it closes the app . If you tell Siri to play something it will play but the display is blank. The "multiview" where maps, calendar, and now playing are, shows the song and controls. Tried the delete/reinstall, reboot blah blah. Also downgraded to beta 2 and didn't help. Its been fine on 26.0, 26.0.1 and 26.1 beta 1 and B2. Now its borked . Apparently its a common issue currently. Maybe B4 or an Amazon Music app update on the horizon to help. If anyone has resolved it somehow, appreciate the info if you share how you did.

Ok if anyone cares, Amazon Music released a new update today (25.21.1) that seems to have resolved the CarPlay issue mentioned above. It opens fine and can actually play music now without it immediately crashing or going blank on the head unit display.

BTW that was the only CarPlay issue I have had throughout the iOS 26.x cycle. Of course, I use the iPhone 16 not 17 so there's that.

 

[slynger]

How can I get back to regular Safari? I hate how the page rolls behind the top bar and you still see it.

 

[mcvaughan]

Seeing app updates freezing. When you go to update them, they sit in the "waiting..." stage and don't come out of it.

Just saw same issue.

 

[SPG1]

For anyone with wired CarPlay crashing issues on a 17/Air/Pro:

In my testing, the only cables that WON'T CRASH:

If your car has USB-C, use the Apple USB-C to USB-C
If your car has USB-A, use the Mophie USB-A to USB-C that Apple and Amazon sell.

Anker cables simply no longer work. It crashes for me every few minutes.With the Apple cable in one car and Mophie in the other, the crashes completely stopped.

The only other USB-A to USB-C cable that worked for me was a really short red and white OnePlus branded cable.

As for wireless CarPlay, no issues with a BMW, and a Pioneer DMH-WC5700NEX headhunt wired or wireless.
Carlinkit adapters continue to crash sometimes, I have not tried in a while though.

I am NOT on the beta as I have seen more than enough evidence that the CarPlay bug is not entirely fixed. However, this should hopefully help you, cable wise.

 

[christian.terra]

This is happening to me too on both my iPad M4 and iPhone 17 Pro Max so you are not alone. I usually restart the devices and it then updates. Hope this helps.

It does help but eventually happens again. Hopefully the next beta next week will fix it!

 

[Parowdy]

I no longer have them in 26.0.1 so I don’t want to load the beta lol

You don’t have them? Blessed, that’s what you are.

 

[rapita]

I had beta 3 until the first time, I miss beta 2. 3 version it's slow in compare to beta 2. I wait to index all the iPhone, but beta 3 remain too slow vs beta 2 in i15Pro

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

I had beta 3 until the first time, I miss beta 2. 3 version it's slow in compare to beta 2. I wait to index all the iPhone, but beta 3 remain too slow vs beta 2 in i15Pro

Monday can’t come soon enough B3 is dreadful especially Safari