so most of the innovation coming from Apple now is a new, ugly design. not much more. Steve, where are you?? innovation died with you
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iOS 26 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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People hate change - so that's expected...However, there are many elements of Liquid glASS that is just bad design. In some areas, it looks create. In others, it is just awful.
I personally love it! Have it running on my phone, 2 Apple TVs and a Vision Pro. A much needed visual refresh. I love the dynamic fluidity to it (especially in the Music app as you’re scrolling down).
For a Beta 1, this is fairly usable.
For a Beta 1, this is fairly usable.
It fades away after a couple seconds in all apps. Since it's animated I assume it's deliberate.
Do you have to have beta updated enabled in 'General' > 'Software Updates' to install airpods beta? And if so, has anyone had an issue with 'unable to chechk for update' and managed to fix that? (I have tried restart, reset network settings (I don't have a iOS update file))
At least in Messages, they've removed the period so I'm not constantly hitting . instead of the space bar
There’s now thee tab options for Safari.
Here’s an example of notifications with reduced transparency turned on. Hopefully future betas will dial back the transparency.
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You can reduce the transparency of iOS 26 with in accessibility settings.
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iPhone 11 Pro Max, soft-bricked on first OTA update. Tried downloading ipsw, and updating via Macbook.
Took me a few tries (I think I downloaded it 3 times in total, not sure if it's the same file in the end, size and name match tho), had to download the XCode Beta, to update the restore component. It clicked on maybe 5th update to iOS 26 for it to finally click and boot properly.
Now it's booted, and nice and toasty. Also after it fully boots, I recommend a reboot. Things fall into place.
Took me a few tries (I think I downloaded it 3 times in total, not sure if it's the same file in the end, size and name match tho), had to download the XCode Beta, to update the restore component. It clicked on maybe 5th update to iOS 26 for it to finally click and boot properly.
Now it's booted, and nice and toasty. Also after it fully boots, I recommend a reboot. Things fall into place.
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You can now set ringtones from audio files in the Files app
Yeah iOS 26 is ugly AF and is a no go for me, already restored back to iOS 18.5 🤣
Lots of posts with screenshots on Reddit and the majority objectively look bad, if not, atrocious. The worst offender seems to be control center with lots of hard to read text.
Can you remind me just how easy/hard it is to restore back? Keen to give it a crack bit I do not want to spend all day messing with my phone.
After the initial shock, and a change of wallpaper, its actually growing on me.
Needs refinements but
Needs refinements, but i think it’s pretty cool.
Needs refinements but
After the initial shock, and a change of wallpaper, its actually growing on me.
Needs refinements, but i think it’s pretty cool.
I know there is a lot of negative post but I kind of like it. Yes there are rough edges but it has potential
The biggest issue as I see it, is the same issue iOS 7 introduced (which hasn’t been fixed to this day) - the look and feel and usability of the interface is highly dependent on the wallpaper used.
One of many examples: if your wallpaper is too light, you lose all of the status bar icons (at the top of the phone).
With Glass, Control Center is visually lost with many wallpapers (hop on over to Reddit for many examples).
Not a bug… this needs to be a feature. It fades out because they’re preparing for the 20th anniversary iPhone with no bezel