iOS 26 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Riley-Freeman]

I don’t even see iOS 26 beta updates as an option

When you go into the beta, you have to switch from iOS 18 to iOS 26, then you will see. I can see it on my 15 pro max but waiting for the testers before I install

 

[Xenc]

Mine went from 1 minute to 1 day haha, seemed to be a weird effect between 'dowloading' and 'preparing update', though.

It's being delivered by FedEx Overnight

 

[daffie]

I came here for a "z" build. Not "n".

N is for Njam Njam Nice!

 

[Xenc]

When you go into the beta, you have to switch from iOS 18 to iOS 26, then you will see. I can see it on my 15 pro max but waiting for the testers before I install

To refresh the list, back out to the previous menu entirely first

 

[LutzRFrank]

Mine even jumped to a day, then 5 min. Now preparing without time indicated

 

[Paddle1]

Anyone else not seeing it in Settings on iOS?

You have to switch it to iOS 26 developer beta, if you don't see that try restarting your phone.

 

[MalcolmJID]

Looking forward to an obscene amount of screenshots. Hoping to see some of the weather app if anyone is willing and remembers/quotes me. I don't think it'll have changed much but I'd like to see it.

 

[as4life]

When you go into the beta, you have to switch from iOS 18 to iOS 26, then you will see. I can see it on my 15 pro max but waiting for the testers before I install

It’s not showing as an option. I’ll reboot phone and see if that fixes it

 

[Moukee]

Maybe. But still doesn't explain the size difference from user to user?

Yeah, something weird is going on. The size of the .ipsw files is much closer (~10 GB 16 Pro, ~9 GB 12), and sometimes significantly smaller than the OTA.

 

[JiggyJaggy]

You have to switch it to iOS 26 developer beta, if you don't see that try restarting your phone.

It was on my Mac it wasn't showing under settings so just downloading it direct from developer.apple. com instead. Couldn't wait!

EDIT: Showing now in settings, just had to click back into the Beta dropdown and it has added iOS 26. Weird it didn't pick it automatically when you press Check for Update!

 

[as4life]

It was on my Mac it wasn't showing under settings so just downloading it direct from developer.apple. com instead. Couldn't wait!

Rebooting phone worked for me.

 

[dannyyankou]

No kidding, it shot up to an hour... then back to one minute remaining as I'm typing this!

18 hours for me!

 

[hasanahmad]

Anyone tested Microsoft Authenticator and Teams?

 

[Tokenfreak]

Anyone tested Microsoft Authenticator and Teams?

I don't think anyone has it installed yet.

 

[Timmy0310]

On preparing

 

[ibookemo]

Installing on an iPhone 11.

 

[teeshot44]

Gonna wait at least until i can at least see the Release Notes

 

[greg624]

Looking good 🥹

 

[ibookemo]

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Looking good 🥹

That's a great wallpaper.

 

[Xenc]

Installing! It takes a while to get to 100% from "Preparing update"

 

[greg624]

That's a great wallpaper.

Thank you. Took it in Michigan UP myself, of course edited with a filter all on my iPhone with default photos app.

 

[greg624]

Animations look pretty good when opening and closing (minimizing) apps. Gonna be a lot to play with today!!

 

[youslippin]

I need to know if OKTA, Slack and the Chase app work before I install. Can someone test these?

 

[TimFL1]

Do we know whether this includes anything that‘d make running a dev device with a personal Apple ID next to 18.x devices in terms of iCloud incompatibility?

 

[LutzRFrank]

Had to switch beta updates off, refresh and activate again to see Tahoe in the list