iOS 26.1 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[whitby]

Do you use the Content & Privacy restrictions within the screen time settings? I use this on my iPhone to lock down my Apple account settings as a secondary level of protection should my iPhone be accessed by another person they will have this additional barrier before they can lock me out of my own Apple account. It does prevent changes on some settings that are not always obvious. It might be worth disabling this setting and make your change and then re-enable the setting again to restore the additional protection.

Not sure if this will have any impact on the issue but I have found a few settings that I cannot change until I remove the restriction in screen time. Worth a check?

Appreciate the thought, but I do not use the Content & Privacy restrictions functions. This phone (a 17 Pro Max) inherited the settings I had on my iPhone 16 Pro Max which did not have the problem as far as I can remember when I migrated it to iOS 26. The 17 Pro Max did an automatic upgrade, when I set it up, to 26.0.1, so I never had the chance to check if the problem occurred on iOS 26.

My wife's iPhone 16 Pro Max which is on iOS 26.0.1 does not have the issue and is set to "Automatically Allow When Unlocked" and can be changed as needed. As noted in my original post, I cannot do this on my 17 Pro Max with iOS 26.0.1 so I think that the problem is hardware related.

Also a quick survey with friends indicates that the 3 that have the problem have 17 Pro Max and 2 that do not have the issue have Airs. This excludes friends with 16 Pro Max'.

 

[Brighton Apple Guy]

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[Ethan.Albano]

My iPhone 16P works just fine also my AW9

Probably an isolated issue for me then. 15PM and AW7 for anyone curious. I'll see how it does tomorrow morning.

 

[RSmith2023]

Safari is still a mess, tap on a bookmarks folder and all sites within launch onto new tabs. Though that mostly occurs after every restart. Icons and folders still redraw. Other than visual issues 26 works quite well.

Not having this issue on my 17 Pro Max.

When’s the last time you did an update via IPSW?

 

[scottct1]

I am on the latest beta, and for the past 2 days apps will not update for me. I thought it was something to do with the AWS issues, however today same thing. I click update and the updates just spin and spin and never download.

I rebooted the phone. Same thing.
I connected to a VPN - same thing.
I tried at home - Same thing
I tried at work (different ISP) - same thing
I went to Starbucks - same thing.

Anyone else having issues updating apps?

 

[RSmith2023]

I have reviewed this thread and cannot determine if the following bug has been removed in any of the betas:

Settings> Privacy & Security > Wired Accessories. You cannot change the setting from "Always Allow".

A message says the following: "This setting is managed by your organization and cannot be changed"

This is a significant security issue and will allow 3rd party chargers that are hacked to get access to your phone's content.

I am on 26.0.1 and it is a private phone that is not managed by any MDM software.

Functions as expected on my 17 PM… wondering if you have something else enabled like “Lockdown Mode” perhaps?

 

[RSmith2023]

I am on the latest beta, and for the past 2 days apps will not update for me. I thought it was something to do with the AWS issues, however today same thing. I click update and the updates just spin and spin and never download.

I rebooted the phone. Same thing.
I connected to a VPN - same thing.
I tried at home - Same thing
I tried at work (different ISP) - same thing
I went to Starbucks - same thing.

Anyone else having issues updating apps?

Nope…

 

[nortonandreev]

I am on the latest beta, and for the past 2 days apps will not update for me. I thought it was something to do with the AWS issues, however today same thing. I click update and the updates just spin and spin and never download.

I rebooted the phone. Same thing.
I connected to a VPN - same thing.
I tried at home - Same thing
I tried at work (different ISP) - same thing
I went to Starbucks - same thing.

Anyone else having issues updating apps?

Yes, me. Yesterday I had the same issue with YouTube - today, however, I see it has updated automatically.

 

[RSmith2023]

do you mean while using the phone with CarPlay enabled? (anytime you attempt to use your phone with an active CarPlay connection and select an audio source [Facebook, YouTube, etc.] It will interrupt CarPlay by design)

Otherwise mine has been solid thru all the betas

No. I am driving in my car with audio (podcasts, music, etc) playing via CarPlay… sporadically CarPlay will quickly disconnect (completely close) and then reconnect…

 

[snakesayan]

I had the same problem. I solved it by simply turning the iPhone off and back on.

Thank you! I restarted my 15 Pro and apps are updating now!

 

[adrianlondon]

AWS brought down quite a few of Apple's cloud services yesterday, including the App Store.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

also is this annoying issue with that checkmark bar with arrows in safari blocking text boxes fixed in this beta?
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It is not.

 

[thatJohann]

I keep seeing that bug about apps being stuck updating and won't update. That alone sounds like the most annoying bug for me so it's keeping me from jumping to this beta. Ugh.

 

[iFone88]

The new tinted glass is awesome simply because it don't dim the lock screen wallpaper as soon as I have just one notification. I really like liquid glass, but the lock screen dimming just look awful as soon as I receive one notification or listening music.

This is the post I’ve been waiting for. Can’t stand that dimming.

Downloading.

 

[whitby]

Functions as expected on my 17 PM… wondering if you have something else enabled like “Lockdown Mode” perhaps?

No I do not have Lockdown Mode set on but I do have Stolen Device Protection turned on which is set to force a delay in changing settings if away from the usual locations, meaning I assume home or some other location it deems as normal. I might try turning that off and see if it changes the options. Interesting thought, thanks.

Add on note: Just tried turning off Stolen Device Protection and it made no difference. Sigh. I had high hopes here. BTW if Stolen Device Protection was on, setting the Wired Accessories to Always Allow makes even less sense as that is even less secure!!!!

 

[ghostface147]

Safari still a big potato.

The only way it ever renders sites probably with fly out responsive menus and overlays is when you put the URL bar at the top. It can’t handle fixed fills height divs at all :-(

Example of a site so I can try.

 

[iOSBry]

My feedback reports for stuttering on beta 4 got an update stating that More than 10 reports have been submitted.

Hopefully the next beta will address it.

 

[dimon2242]

My feedback reports for stuttering on beta 4 got an update stating that More than 10 reports have been submitted.

Hopefully the next beta will address it.

My feedback report has more than 10 reports since iOS 26 Beta 1)

 

[iOSBry]

My feedback report has more than 10 reports since iOS 26 Beta 1)

No doubt; I have FB reports for stuttering and dropped frames going back several iOS releases and several of them have More than 10 reports too. While a few have been resolved, not all have.

 

[sbailey4]

No, it’s set on clear. I went to that new setting to try toggle it on and off to see if it helped, but it stuck on clear and won’t let me switch to tinted

Make sure to turn off the accessibility settings Reduce transparency and Increase contrast. With those enabled the new switch is disabled.

 

[Rogifan]

More Safari bugs on iPad Pro. Good grief.

 

[Artemiz]

More Safari bugs on iPad Pro. Good grief.
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Stop posting screenshots and no description of the actual bug. Elaborate further.

 

[FNH15]

Stop posting screenshots and no description of the actual bug. Elaborate further.

It's pretty clear - the color of the buttons are stuck in light mode.

 

[Reeneman]

Not on my old iPhone 11 that I’m testing the betas on, the app icon outline pops in whether in low power mode or not.

Currently it seems to be fixed an iPhone 16 and 17 (without low power mode activated). From iPhone 15 and below and still seems to happen. We’ll see how this evolves over the next betas.

 

[Artemiz]

It's pretty clear - the color of the buttons are stuck in light mode.

Not to me. I don’t have an iPad anymore. It could’ve easily been a design choice as part of iPadOS 26 for all I know.