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iOS 26.2 RC― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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MrRom92 said:
Second, the louder I am about this issue, the more attention is brought to it, and the more likely Apple is to actually do something about it and make the maintenance of their Windows software a priority. I would rather complain about it and see some positive change rather than continually handwave it and sweep the issue under the rug. If you’re all tired of hearing about it, you should be louder about it too!

I have provided feedback to Apple, many times, but this is a drum that needs to be beat on a bit more publicly. One person constantly bringing attention to a nonfunctional piece of software from the 3 trillion dollar tech company can only have so much of an influence.
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Cool, what's your Feedback ID? I can try updating next time from my Mac mini in Bootcamp on Windows. That'd only be Windows 10, though. Keep in mind that you're dealing with a pretty niche situation here (ie: you updating with a cable on a Windows machine), so even my experience may still be different than yours. We're also not using the same cable :) so there's no way to be 100% sure...

Also, to your point about "being louder"... This is MacRumors, not the official Apple Forum. I assume you're posting there, too? First even? Apple employees will NEVER post something here stating they're an employee. That breaks Apple's own rules. So, sure.. yell about it super loud! But maybe just yell in the right direction?
 
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Totally agree on Apple Mail, it really needs a lot of attention.
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It does, but after seeing what Apple created (the Music app) as a replacement for iTunes, I'm not confident that any re-write won't just end up being worse than what we have now.

Loads of white-space, a third of the screen taken up with the word "Mail", another third with a generic icon showing the email sender, and then it failing to send to the right recipient half the time ...
 
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Cool, what's your Feedback ID? I can try updating next time from my Mac mini in Bootcamp on Windows. That'd only be Windows 10, though. Keep in mind that you're dealing with a pretty niche situation here (ie: you updating with a cable on a Windows machine), so even my experience may still be different than yours. We're also not using the same cable :) so there's no way to be 100% sure...

Also, to your point about "being louder"... This is MacRumors, not the official Apple Forum. I assume you're posting there, too? First even? Apple employees will NEVER post something here stating they're an employee. That breaks Apple's own rules. So, sure.. yell about it super loud! But maybe just yell in the right direction?
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Hmmm. I’m not sure if I have a feedback ID! I’ve only provided feedback through phone/email or typically consumer-facing parts of Apple’s contact forms, not the developer portal. At least not in regards to Apple Devices, which is (at least as far as Apple is concerned) not in beta.
That said, I have no doubts that all sorts of Apple employees, officially or unofficially, are monitoring the MacRumors forums. and of course it is only due to a place like this that end users like us can coordinate and investigate/discuss these things for ourselves. I am sure my concerns are not falling entirely on deaf ears.
 
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MrRom92 said:
Hmmm. I’m not sure if I have a feedback ID! I’ve only provided feedback through phone/email or typically consumer-facing parts of Apple’s contact forms, not the developer portal. At least not in regards to Apple Devices, which is (at least as far as Apple is concerned) not in beta.
That said, I have no doubts that all sorts of Apple employees, officially or unofficially, are monitoring the MacRumors forums. and of course it is only due to a place like this that end users like us can coordinate and investigate/discuss these things for ourselves. I am sure my concerns are not falling entirely on deaf ears.
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You can open the Feedback app on your phone (beta release or regular release) by typing this in the Safari address bar and pressing enter-

applefeedback://


There’s also the Apple Bug Report page-

Feedback Assistant

bugreport.apple.com bugreport.apple.com
 
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MrRom92 said:
Hmmm. I’m not sure if I have a feedback ID! I’ve only provided feedback through phone/email or typically consumer-facing parts of Apple’s contact forms, not the developer portal. At least not in regards to Apple Devices, which is (at least as far as Apple is concerned) not in beta.
That said, I have no doubts that all sorts of Apple employees, officially or unofficially, are monitoring the MacRumors forums. and of course it is only due to a place like this that end users like us can coordinate and investigate/discuss these things for ourselves. I am sure my concerns are not falling entirely on deaf ears.
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Not providing feedback via the feedback form or dev portal means nothing will ever get done. The person in the store can’t influence change, the phone support person can’t influence change. The reason they have have the feedback form is to track and organize issues and suggestions. I applaud your desire for change and improvement. But nothing will gain traction when the proper channels are not followed.
 
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Not providing feedback via the feedback form or dev portal means nothing will ever get done. The person in the store can’t influence change, the phone support person can’t influence change. The reason they have have the feedback form is to track and organize issues and suggestions. I applaud your desire for change and improvement. But nothing will gain traction when the proper channels are not followed.
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And so nobody at Apple runs into these issues? Do they even use it?
 
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And so nobody at Apple runs into these issues? Do they even use it?
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I’m sure they do and sometimes don’t. But it takes a village and that is why they give a mechanism for feedback. I’m sure they also know of bugs and have to put them on the roadmap to fix. Resources are not unlimited. In the grand scheme of things, iOS is pretty darn solid when you look at the thousand and thousand functions it does.
 
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Bug where when I open messages and begin to type; it records the inputs but there is a 3-5 second delay before they hit the screen.

Killing me.
 
ManuCH said:
Have a go at it, I tried some Androids here and there (currently own a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra as a test phone). Not any less bugs than on iOS for sure.
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I’ve been using a pixel 8a in parallel looking to ditch the iApple platform … using all of 2026 to evaluate if this is feasible

So far, the pixel 8a is rock solid … UI is much more refined … VPN offers split level tunneling … some annoyances but all in all, iGoogle does a much better job at software than iApple … especially Maps
 
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I’ve been using a pixel 8a in parallel looking to ditch the iApple platform … using all of 2026 to evaluate if this is feasible

So far, the pixel 8a is rock solid … UI is much more refined … VPN offers split level tunneling … some annoyances but all in all, iGoogle does a much better job at software than iApple … especially Maps
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Yes, I have to say Android has some features I'd love to have on iOS. Google is good at software development, no doubt - but it still bothers me that the UI looks like it hasn't seen a designer, ever. Android just feels like it was made solely by engineers and developers. Which has its good sides as well, but I wish they made it a bit prettier.
 
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Anyone else feel like notifications act glitchier now with how they animate on the lock screen and how the glass effect snaps in and out when they stop moving?
 
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the stuttering - right after u swipe up on an app and between home screen pages still exists.
 
Here’s a new bug I’ve noticed - in iPadOS 26.2, the photo widget has a new option to show photos with the spatial scene affect applied. On my M5 iPad Pro, this results in scrolling performance tanking systemwide, becoming a stuttering mess in apps across the board.
 
gank41 said:
Spoiler Alert- this did not fix my CarPlay issues.

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For fun, we installed the 26.2 RC on my daughter's iPhone 16e and now her phone is causing my Stereo Head unit to reboot, too. SAME exact issue, and seems to be happening right around the same time frame (30-45 Seconds after CarPlay displays on the Stereo, the Stereo reboots and basically loses power and starts back up again).

I know a number of you have said you're NOT having issues, a few have.. It does not bode well for Apple if this ships out the doors and causes a bunch of issues for folks over the holidays. Imagine getting ready for that Family Roadtrip to visit so and so for the holidays only to find out that you can't use your Maps app, or the Music app, or the Messages app...
 
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