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iOS 26.3.1 Update for iPhones Coming Soon as 'Apple Experience' Nears
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Populus
macrumors 604
I think it is likely to be released, because there’s still a long time till 26.4 is released.
Reverend Benny
macrumors 68000
What? 26.2.1 very much happened. It was released the 26th of Jan this year.
I experience the same problems with others.
AirPlay/Screen Mirroring broken on IOS 26
AirPlay is broken after the IOS 26 update. It only streams audio even for 1080p movies that didn’t have any problems before the update. Even Screen Mirroring doesn’t fix the issue because it displays only static image.
community.firecore.com
Thanks. I have and use Infuse, but haven't AirPlayed from it in a while. I'll see if I have any problems doing so.I experience the same problems with others.
AirPlay/Screen Mirroring broken on IOS 26
AirPlay is broken after the IOS 26 update. It only streams audio even for 1080p movies that didn’t have any problems before the update. Even Screen Mirroring doesn’t fix the issue because it displays only static image.
AirPlay had been flaky from time to time in previous iOS and macOS versions, but 26 has been the most solid it's ever been for me. Again, I haven't tried an Infuse AirPlay since updating to 26 so I'll give that a shot.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
I’m pretty sure they do, but whining and hyperbole are sorted very last.
They need to fix a bundle of bugs related to the Reduced Transparency feature as it is! Enabling it messes up bespoke Wallpapers!
Can we fix the keyboard please.
It’s unusable spell check now.
It’s unusable spell check now.
I suspect the below is happening:
Marketing keeps on piling on features for engineering to implement each year, to give the iPhone a feeling of momentum (and to compete with android) and so Apple can announce loads of features at WWDC.
(Which most users will have no idea that they even exist. Does my mom - or anyone’s mom - know about spam call protection & unknown caller screening? Of course she doesn’t).
Engineering will have a huge backlog of their own set of optimisations then that want to do and to get rid of technical deb etc …
…Which they barely ever get round to each year, because of the new features.
Which then makes the unoptimised technical debt even worse each year.
Liquid Glass was obviously one of these badly implemented & rushed out to provide cover for Apple because of their botched AI rollout - and it shows it
npmacuser5
macrumors 68020
They will find a major security breach to leverage the adaption of this update. The trend in software updates today.
switz
Contributor
Apple needs to hire computer illiterates to test their software. They will probe and try things the QC Department never think of that are often crucial to solving the myriad pile of problems.
Abydos
macrumors 6502
the problem with testing by computer illiterates is the need to document the steps made to arrive at the 'unanticipated' result, unfortunately testing requires a repeatable methodology otherwise the result is more kvetching
Paul1964
macrumors 6502
I agree with switz - while repeatable tests are important - vital even - they don't cover the stuff that comes from left of field from end users. In my many years of software development and testing we think we have absolutely everything covered then a computer illiterate breaks it in under 30 seconds.
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Abydos
macrumors 6502
my experience ( I did r&d work) was the 'cretin errors' (our pet name for them) were usually traceable to an undefined state(s) which meant a massive hunt for un-itialized states - knowing a path helped narrow down the search or by a prior requiring that a variables be local except for formally passed parameters (which teed off some of the development staff by forcing a more thorough design process ). I know testing teams tend to follow well worn paths, and the novice tester may take a different path but the question remains 'how did you get from here to there'
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
With the relentless point updates and micro bumps, I find myself continually pleased to simply be on Sequoia and the 18 OSes for iPhone & iPad.
Paul1964
macrumors 6502
UliBaer
macrumors 6502a
Remembers me of the good ol' developer's phrase:
"Whenever you finished to develop an idiot-proof system, mother nature invents a better idiot."
Dark_Omen
macrumors 6502a
Therein lies the problem. The software features should be created first in order to give something to the marketing department to advertise.
Paul1964
macrumors 6502
Paul1964
macrumors 6502
He should have said "Product Management keeps on piling on features for engineering to implement each year...".
Marketing's job is to tell the rest of us about it ... prematurely.
I might have already commented on this page or others but 26.3 messed my m3 iPad Air up.
Apple's software engineers are testing iOS 26.3.1, according to the MacRumors visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions.
iOS 26.3.1 should be a minor update that fixes bugs and/or security vulnerabilities, and it will likely be released within the next two weeks.
Last month, Apple released iOS 26.2.1 with bug fixes and support for the second-generation AirTag. Likewise, it is possible that iOS 26.3.1 will include support for some of the new products that Apple is expected to announce in the first week of March, such as the iPhone 17e, but this is merely speculation at this point.
Apple is reportedly planning a three-day stretch of product announcements from Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March 4. Selected journalists and content creators are expected to receive hands-on time with the products at an "Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai on Wednesday, March 4 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.
We have not confirmed if there will be any corresponding updates, such as macOS 26.3.1.
iOS 26.3.1 will be a stopgap update between iOS 26.3, released earlier this month, and iOS 26.4, which will likely arrive in late March or early April. While it lacks the personalized version of Siri, iOS 26.4 is shaping up to be a relatively significant update that adds many new features across Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, CarPlay, and more.
Article Link: iOS 26.3.1 Update for iPhones Coming Soon as 'Apple Experience' Nears
Keeps saying it’s charging when it’s been off charge for hours and the battery life has been cut in half (or at least feels like it)
26.4 beta 1 not fixed the issue and now I’m banking on today’s beta 2 to resolve because so far I haven’t been able to restore to 26.3. 😂
Don't worry, the guy who cooked up Liquid Glass is gone now. Hopefully with him being gone, it too will be gone in iOS 27.
I finally got around to trying this. I didn't get video to work but had audio from Infuse on my iPhone come through. Although, I'm not sure if part of the issue is that I connect to my Jellyfin server through Infuse via Tailscale.I experience the same problems with others.
AirPlay/Screen Mirroring broken on IOS 26
AirPlay is broken after the IOS 26 update. It only streams audio even for 1080p movies that didn’t have any problems before the update. Even Screen Mirroring doesn’t fix the issue because it displays only static image.
This is the only app that has this issue. I've AirPlayed video and audio just fine from everything else I tried (Netflix, Paramount+, HBO Max, Plex). It looks like an Infuse-specific issue and not an iOS 26 one.