iOS 26.5 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[dk001]

iPhone Air - 3.93gb with AI off.
It got really warm. Reading 100.7F through the back of a Thinborne case 🫤

 

[Travis299]

iPhone 15 modem now v3.50.08
Carrier version for Smarty UK is now v70.0 (added to list of UK operators as was missing)

Ditto, 15PM modem & carrier with AT&T on iOS26.5 B4.

 

[roncron]

I’m hesitant to upgrade as I’m on the public beta and the battery life has been amazing. I remember a previous situation similar where one beta gave great battery and then the next was back to being crap.

I totally get your concern. The situation you describe, though, is more common with very early betas. Today's beta is probably the last one before the RC so is probably somewhat polished. Your battery life is less likely to drop than if you were upgrading from, say, beta 1 to beta 2.

But if you don't want to take a chance, wait a week for the RC. By then, there will be lots of reports of battery life under today's beta 4, which is useful information when deciding whether to upgrade, and in any event the RC's battery life is often as good as or better than the best battery life of any of the previous betas.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[Whistler Mac]

Updated without any issue using IPSW

Thanks for bringing me back to IPSW.

 

[gtmead09]

I still haven't found a reason to jump on this beta train. 26.4 and 26.5 feel like after thoughts even though they are the newest versions. I really hope iOS 27 is epic since again these feel forgotten.

 

[Reeneman]

Also in this version there are still no Liquid Glass sliders in the clock/alarm app. Pretty sure we won’t see this in the lifetime of iOS 26.

 

[Reeneman]

I still haven't found a reason to jump on this beta train. 26.4 and 26.5 feel like after thoughts even though they are the newest versions. I really hope iOS 27 is epic since again these feel forgotten.

These versions at least are much more polished while not bringing any huge new noticeable stuff.