iOS 26 Beta 3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[planetf1]

Barclays UK app stopped working on beta 3.....had no problems on beta 1 and 2

Same here. It’s insisting I need a newer version of the app

 

[COBRASVT]

I'm missing the "Search" field in the Contacts. Anyone else experiencing this issue? It's available in the Last Calls list, but not in the contacts. In was there in Beta 2. Anyone?

I have the bar in the Contacts app and the round icon with the hour glass in Contacts from the Phone app. This is on the Unified style in the phone app. If I switch to the Classic style, no search is there.

 

[Stiille]

I have the bar in the Contacts app and the round icond with the hour glass in Contacts from the Phone app. This is on the Unified style in the phone app. If I switch to the Classic style, it's not there.

Same for me - but I really dislike the new unified version so yeah they will definitely fix this bug in next betas

 

[yukari]

I'm missing the "Search" field in the Contacts. Anyone else experiencing this issue? It's available in the Last Calls list, but not in the contacts. In was there in Beta 2. Anyone?

Yeah, I noticed that also.

Sent a feedback to Apple informing of the issue.

 

[bbfc]

They may have toned it down on iOS 26 beta 3, but on watchOS beta 3 the Liquid Glass is more prominent than previous betas.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Is album art animation on the lock screen new? Can’t recall ever seeing it.

 

[adrianlondon]

They may have toned it down on iOS 26 beta 3, but on watchOS beta 3 the Liquid Glass is more prominent than previous betas.

You'll be able to see your wrist! 😁

 

[d245770q]

Is album art animation on the lock screen new? Can’t recall ever seeing it.

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Not new.

 

[iPod2001]

Is album art animation on the lock screen new? Can’t recall ever seeing it.

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its up to the artist wether they support it or not, maybe this means they have started to use it?

 

[bbfc]

Is album art animation on the lock screen new? Can’t recall ever seeing it.

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It's new for iOS 26, but not new to this beta. If the album art is animated in the Music app it will show here too.

 

[bbfc]

You'll be able to see your wrist! 😁

Is that a crack on my screen? No it's just my arm hair 😆

 

[CavemanUK]

Anyone else think the iPhone 17 will be “built for Liquid Glass (coming later)”? 😏

 

[Reeneman]

Anyone else think the iPhone 17 will be “built for Liquid Glass (coming later)”? 😏

Make sense
iPhone 16 is build for Apple Intelligence
iPhone 17 therefore for Liquid Glass 😆

 

[LordArchie]

Didn't see this posted earlier.. looks like Podcasts in CarPlay, "Up next" got a new two column layout...

 

[Neil Harrison]

This beta is horrible. So buggy and the widgets cook shocking

 

[Ethan.Albano]

With the new Display Zoom setting turned on, the Now Playing widget on split screen has now returned to the album art being on the side, rather than above the song and artist names (which were previously middle aligned). Huge step back here in my opinion. Song names longer than just 10-12ish characters are now (again!) no longer visible when maps is navigating. And look at all that wasted space below the artist name!

 

[iFone88]

My problem is with the “.” placed close to the space bar when typing URLs. Searching for “cat plush toys” will always come up “cat.plush.toys” with my muscle memory…

I do this all the bloody time.

Drives me mad

 

[Eksoccer99]

I have the bar in the Contacts app and the round icon with the hour glass in Contacts from the Phone app. This is on the Unified style in the phone app. If I switch to the Classic style, no search is there.

In phone app unified look. The search bar still bugs out for me. Can’t click in the box at first. I have to go back out to the call, contact or dial pad that’s circled just left of the bar. Then hit the search icon again and then it can actually search with flashing blue cursor. If phone app stays open, it sticks/stays per to search. If cleared out from app switcher. The cycle starts all over from the beginning.

 

[greg624]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. Anyone else?

Yeah, I noticed that also.

Sent a feedback to Apple informing of the issue.

Where are you guys talking about? This is on unified view.. search button is always to the right

EDIT: sorry, just noticed on classic view there is no search option. I still have it in contacts app but not on phone while using classic mode. I prefer unified anyways

 

[Ledsteplin]

Is there a way to turn off the headphone notifications and stop it from lowering my volumn?

 

[Ledsteplin]

Anyone know what this does/is?

 

[01cowherd]

Is it just me, or is there a new animation on the iPad when opening apps? It like swoops in to the front.

That was there since at least beta 2 (I didn't try beta 1), although I think they tweaked it slightly since beta 2. I think it looks worse than the existing animation. Something about it opening at an angle just looks wrong to me.

 

[one more]

This beta is horrible. So buggy and the widgets cook shocking

Much better than betas 1-2 though.

 

[one more]

Anyone know what this does/is?

It’s a part of a new Call Screening feature:

iOS 26 Will Help You Screen Your Calls and Messages for Spam

In iOS 26, Apple is announcing a slew of updates aimed bringing the Phone and Messages apps into the modern era. Users will finally get access to Pixel-like features like call screening, Hold Assist, and more.

lifehacker.com

 

[thornden4]

Same here. It’s insisting I need a newer version of the app

Same here, when you click it goes on a loop to update again.