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

[Jakimo]

I did notice that in Air pods pro settings, “off” is no longer available. Only Transparency, Adaptive and NC

In Settings for AirPods (when connected) thus can be toggled back again

 

[Enygmatic]

I’m sure there was a more substantial reason for releasing this update so soon; I’m really hoping, though, that this addresses one particular bug that annoys me (not a showstopper): the clock freezing while the phone is in Standby mode. Those brief AM-heart attacks weren’t fun 😂

Appears to have been fixed in this build 👍🏾

 

[Jakimo]

After keeping up for a few days, I totally get why you stayed low @Pearsey

Tons of venom the first days in the thread! 🙃

This beta one has been phenomenal. Absolutely love the many changes and the slippery Liquid interface

Tons of tweaking and corrections in the days ahead, of course, but such an excellent start 👍🏼

PS - for those that haven't, check out Brandon Butch's super helpful YouTube video of iOS 26 changes. He's not a whiner, and finds so much so quickly - well worth the fifty-one minutes

 

[Enygmatic]

I did notice that in Air pods pro settings, “off” is no longer available. Only Transparency, Adaptive and NC

Nope, still there: Make sure “Off Listening Mode” is toggled On in the AirPods settings

 

[Travis299]

In the end, I couldn’t resist and just installed iOS 26 on my iPhone 15 Pro Max a moment ago.
It’s running smoothly - haven’t noticed any visible issues. I’m very satisfied so far

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15PM & 16P @ iOS 26.0 (23A5260u) no problems.

 

[rscardoso]

Has anyone tested on Apple Podcasts with OS 26 to see if episodes removed from Up Next or stations are now syncing across devices?

 

[Stiille]

I have a lot of critical data on my iPhone and don’t want to risk any corruption, also only got my 16 pro max in may so feels odd putting a beta on it so soon after getting it 😂
And don’t have a working Mac at the moment to do a restore as I out the macOS 26 beta on it and it’s not booting at all going into boot loop so yeah

Then I would suggest you to wait until official release !
I will wait too (but it’s very hard to wait 🙈😬)

 

[Stiille]

After keeping up for a few days, I totally get why you stayed low @Pearsey

Tons of venom the first days in the thread! 🙃

This beta one has been phenomenal. Absolutely love the many changes and the slippery Liquid interface

Tons of tweaking and corrections in the days ahead, of course, but such an excellent start 👍🏼

PS - for those that haven't, check out Brandon Butch's super helpful YouTube video of iOS 26 changes. He's not a whiner, and finds so much so quickly - well worth the fifty-one minutes

Watched it and it’s so nice to see so many little good changes!

 

[Jetson]

I found a fix for the terrible glass appearance. Under Accessibility settings on iPhone, click 'reduce transparency'. Makes things a lot better.
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Has Apple finally removed the Home Bar from the bottom of every open app?

I certainly hope so!

 

[dcp10]

Has Apple finally removed the Home Bar from the bottom of every open app?

I certainly hope so!

Yes! It fades away after a moment and reappears momentarily if you tap in the area. Nice improvement!

 

[Enygmatic]

Appears to have been fixed in this build 👍🏾

Spoke too soon… no issues last night, but back to the random stopping (Standby clock widgets)

 

[Freakonomics101]

Wow I can’t believe how different this new beta feels…

Wow. Super usable for me.

Installing watchOS 26 now.

(iPhone 16 Pro)

I’m not brave enough to update my watch to the beta yet. my Ultra 1 still does well with battery and I can’t revert it back on my own like I can with iOS.

 

[VSMacOne]

I’m not brave enough to update my watch to the beta yet. my Ultra 1 still does well with battery and I can’t revert it back on my own like I can with iOS.

I’ve never ever installed watchOS betas 🤣. Too risky!

 

[Stiille]

I’ve never ever installed watchOS betas 🤣. Too risky!

And why would you, it’s only strange fitness buddy (or whatever it’s called) and some liquid glass design, that’s it 🤣

 

[CavemanUK]

Anyone else just had a software update notification? I installed iOS26 straight away on Monday. Today it popped up saying there was a "Beta Update" downloaded and is currently installing it. No file size or anything and no beta number. Just said "Beta Update". And yes I was already using iOS26 with its liquid glass!

 

[Stiille]

Anyone else just had a software update notification? I installed iOS26 straight away on Monday. Today it popped up saying there was a "Beta Update" downloaded and is currently installing it. No file size or anything and no beta number. Just said "Beta Update". And yes I was already using iOS26 with its liquid glass!

There was a revised beta version yesterday ! That has to be it what you got notified about

 

[s2mike]

And why would you, it’s only strange fitness buddy (or whatever it’s called) and some liquid glass design, that’s it 🤣

I installed it solely for the new wrist flick gesture, which I’ve wanted for so long, and I absolutely love it.

 

[Stiille]

I installed it solely for the new wrist flick gesture, which I’ve wanted for so long, and I absolutely love it.

So bad that you „need“ a watch 9 or newer… got the 8 on my wrist right now - next year time for ultra i think!

 

[planetf1]

Generally going well with 16pm . However I am getting an issue where the screen brightness constantly goes very dim. Control panel slider doesn’t help though settings display menu does fix.. but only for minutes then it happens again

Reported but wondering if anyone wider had anything similar.

Seems to have started in last day (after beta 1.5)

In dark mode. Reboot didn’t help

 

[johnsawyercjs]

This morning when I woke up I noticed that Standby Mode on my 16 Pro Max, which I place on a Magsafe charger each night, had frozen at about 6:40 am, with the clock hands not moving. I took the phone off of its charger, turned it off, then put it back on the charger, and this time the Standby Mode clock's hands moved properly. I tried it again, and this time the hands were frozen again, and no numerals appeared on the clock face. I'm guessing Apple will fix this at some point.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

Generally going well with 16pm . However I am getting an issue where the screen brightness constantly goes very dim. Control panel slider doesn’t help though settings display menu does fix.. but only for minutes then it happens again

Reported but wondering if anyone wider had anything similar.

Seems to have started in last day (after beta 1.5)

In dark mode. Reboot didn’t help

I may have seen that on my 16PM immediately after installing 26, and it didn't last long. This can happen when the iPhone is chugging away doing some processor-intensive tasks after an OS update, like indexing its files, but if you keep seeing this happen, and even after a reboot, that seems to be caused by something else, though I wish I could tell you what.

 

[planetf1]

So bad that you „need“ a watch 9 or newer… got the 8 on my wrist right now - next year time for ultra i think!

Yeah agreed. Still on 8 too. But I’d go for regular not ultra

 

[jadot]

IPhone 15
‘Beta Update’ has bricked my Airplay, so now I can’t connect to HomePods etc.
Lots of problems with Music including not being able to add music to playlists or to library.
Screen brightness jumps up and down randomly.
First beta was better for me.

 

[planetf1]

I may have seen that on my 16PM immediately after installing 26, and it didn't last long.

I think it’s the auto dim before the phone locks. It dims but never returns to full brightness when a key pressed

There’s no sluggishness now..

Very odd.

 

[DimaVR6]

My phone calls are silent 🔇, zero ring tone and sometimes it rings , iPhone pro max 15 wtf and my lock screens can’t click. On SOB to edit the screen ???