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iOS 26 Beta 3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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After using DB3 for about 30 minutes on iPhone 11, doing all the usual things I would usually do (like browsing in Safari with background music playing on Apple Music), I quite like it. My old iPhone 11 heats much less than on DB1-2 and the Liquid Glass elements are much more visible/legible now. 👌
Good to know.
I'm going to risk it. Well, with iCloud and archived local backup just in case I change my mind.
9.69GB, iPhone 11 coming from 18.5.
I’d prefer to be able to read text over the cooler looking see through glass.
However the WWDC video where they went through how they had thought all of this through had me thinking they had solutions.
I guess I find it hard to believe they spent years on this only to decide it was wrong within a few weeks of real use. But might be the case, the design team wanting it to work.
However the WWDC video where they went through how they had thought all of this through had me thinking they had solutions.
I guess I find it hard to believe they spent years on this only to decide it was wrong within a few weeks of real use. But might be the case, the design team wanting it to work.
I hope they’ll add a Reduce Transparency In Motion setting.
I’m unable to add bookmarks to the Home Screen. The name and website fields are empty.
You don’t feel like waiting for the public beta, as they might give us a fresher build?
Yep, I have the same. 😳 (this is what happens when we try to add a bookmark to the Home Screen)
Ugh hate the reduced glass effect.
Music pins widget still doesn’t show artwork or my pins yet.
Music pins widget still doesn’t show artwork or my pins yet.
What do you mean, selling point? You get the OS update for free.
its a thing you say, slogan, I know its for free, im selling the selling point as in making people want to upgrade. what is the point of iOS 26 when they acted like its the biggest change in a decade, its not even 18.7 for me, no new features, just slight design change more like a skin or theme pack and iMessage backgrounds
While I don’t like Liquid Glass as a UI concept, I do agree. But it has been that way for a long time in terms of acting like things are the biggest innovation ever, while not really changing that much in actuality. It’s their marketing hustle.
the thing is the iOS 26 preview page still shows liquid glass like beta 1 so if they remove it thats another fail with something they cant deliver at launch
Well, apart from liquid glass all but disappearing ( snazza frazza rasha razzin ), B3 seems pretty snappy and polished already.
), B3 seems pretty snappy and polished already.
I usually install the first dev beta. This is the first time in years that I didn't.
Update from iOS 18.5 to iOS 26 beta 3 went smoothly. I've not tested every app yet, but my main banking ones are working.
So far, everything seems to be working fine. Only issue to far, and it's to be expected, is that I've lost my "Siri Voice" options in my shortcuts. This tends to happen during the betas.
EDIT: Surprised how nicely it's running. Just received a FaceTime call and the controls are nicely laid out. The Photos and Camera apps also look better. Control panel is legible. and looks good. Happy with it.
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Still has the crappy frost effect on Messages and Safari, although it's worse on Messages.
What's worse, is for a split second when you open a message thread, the frost isn't there then it gets applied..
What's worse, is for a split second when you open a message thread, the frost isn't there then it gets applied..
Yeah, I think their biggest fail here is that it isn’t a well thought-out redesign, given the inconsistencies we are seeing, the extent to which they are now changing things around, and the legibility/contrast issues. Not to mention that it is largely just a different skin/theme, not a fresh conceptualization of how the UI should work, like making things more intuitive and consistent again.
exactly, they couldnt do AI and the new Siri and now they cant do the design change, its really hard being an apple fan now days