iOS 26.5 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[christian.terra]

Looking like there’s nothing new.. will hold off until public release.

 

[Brettka7]

Any notable Liquid Glass tweaks at all?

Someone on Reddit said Home Screen icon borders are more refractive 🤢

 

[Bobajobbob]

Any notable Liquid Glass tweaks at all?

Someone on Reddit said Home Screen icon borders are more refractive 🤢

When I opened the home screen for the first time after installing the update the horrible highlights around each app icon had gone and for a split second I thought they had actually rolled back on my least favourite aspect of iOS 26. Sadly it was just an anomaly. As soon as I moved the phone the highlights were back.

 

[digitalfx]

I really hope that CarPlay is working now 🙏

It hasn’t been working for years. Mine cuts out all the time

might just be your car that needs an update and they are very slow to adopt. My wireless car play has been rock solid thru all the ios26 versions

 

[honglong1976]

Notification forwarding enabled? 🙂

 

[TimFL1]

When I opened the home screen for the first time after installing the update the horrible highlights around each app icon had gone and for a split second I thought they had actually rolled back on my least favourite aspect of iOS 26. Sadly it was just an anomaly. As soon as I moved the phone the highlights were back.

Isn‘t there a setting to disable or tone down the refractions on the edges?

 

[adrianlondon]

I had issues previously where my Contacts widget, when opened, wouldn't show all the options when long-pressing on the "call" or "video" icons. In fact, the video one was usually (incorrectly) greyed-out.

Clicking "info" opened the Contacts app to the relevant contact but had the same issue.

This has been fixed today!

 

[Banglazed]

Yeah, I just had a third attempt after I updated my Mac to 26.5. This time I went a bit further in the update process but failed. I am downloading the 26.4 installer until they figure out what is going on with this 26.5 IPSW.View attachment 2618233

Just tried it again and it seems to be working now so might be a server issue when it was trying to verify the update

 

[iOSBry]

This only happens, when you have the battery saving mode activated. I can replicate this. If you turn this off, everything is smooth.

Perhaps for you but I have no “battery saving mode” activated and can reproduce it at will on my iPhone 17 Pro.

Apple has acknowledged the issue and the steps to reproduce this and lists more than ten reports.

 

[thelion7]

I only hope they fix the stuttering on 17 PM - there's nothing more I expect from anything iOS 26-related.

I really hope that CarPlay is working now 🙏

Same here, I’ve not had my messages app since 26.3 beta and I’ve been on 26.3/4 betas and full releases too.

 

[huanbrother]

Might be a bug: constant folder redrawing when waking from sleep.

 

[klasma]

Isn‘t there a setting to disable or tone down the refractions on the edges?

There's Reduce Bright Effects, but it doesn't change the app outlines.

 

[someoneoutthere]

Just tried it again and it seems to be working now so might be a server issue when it was trying to verify the update

Can confirm, the 26.5 IPSW now works without any issues.

 

[espressoman]

Well.. since upgrading to this Beta, iMessages isn't working for me anymore. Everything is RCS now. Tried various things and can't seem to get iMessage to activate or come back to life.

 

[rgarita]

Apple is so boring no one is in the beta program anymore

 

[Artemiz]

Apple is so boring no one is in the beta program anymore

That’s not a bug. It’s a feature.

 

[klasma]

Apple is so boring no one is in the beta program anymore

A lot of people joined the iOS 18 beta program in order to get rid of the iOS 26 upgrade notifications.

 

[Reeneman]

Apple is so boring no one is in the beta program anymore

True. This beta really doesn’t bring anything exciting but we’re nevertheless late in the cycle. Can’t remember a .5 update with heavy changes.
iOS 27 will be the next interesting one in a couple of months.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Apple is so boring no one is in the beta program anymore

OR the same audience exists and there’s just not much to complain about that hasn’t been said in every beta thread ever.

 

[Travis299]

15PM, 16P & watch 10 updated to 26.5 B1 with NO problems.

 

[Cpives]

might just be your car that needs an update and they are very slow to adopt. My wireless car play has been rock solid thru all the ios26 versions

Same. No issues with mine either.

 

[TheCart]

This is still here since 26.3, every once in a while finished updated would keep showing as a full progress circle

 

[honglong1976]

Does it finally enable notification forwarding and does it finally send alarm notifications to a non Apple Watch?

 

[Reeneman]

This is still here since 26.3, every once in a while finished updated would keep showing as a full progress circleView attachment 2618361

Update process going full circle

 

[TheCart]

Update process going full circle

Yeah, but it’s stuck like that indefinitely