iOS 26 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[H3LL5P4WN]

I agree. I am currently trying betas on my old iPhone 11, but don’t really feel like putting it on my daily iPhone 15 with 94% of battery capacity, as I would like to keep my iPhone 15 for another year without swapping its battery.

lol cowards

 

[ghostface147]

Funny, it shows I’m on Verizon when I’m not. I’m on total wireless, which is their MVNO, but in 18 it didn’t say Verizon.

 

[VSMacOne]

I don't see much difference to last year, except the look .. which is a bit a disappointment .. but as @HouseLannister said, we are still in the middle of the beta cycle.
And what I did see currently from b4 on Mac and iPhone/iPad, I am pretty Ok with it (except one 3rd party iPhone app which still does not work as it should - and shows frustrating lack of feedback from the feedback app and the developers (PayPal alternative wallet)

Neither Apple devs nor the 3rd party app devs are going to do anything about feedback related to 3rd party app functionality during the beta cycle (unless you’re using a TestFlight version got the 3rd party app that’s specifically intended to collect feedback from users).
Apple devs are focused on iOS bugs. And even then you’ll hardly ever see a response in the feedback app.

 

[ixrated]

Damn it’s beta 4 already and it’s still sluggish. I don’t remember the last time beta versions were this bad. For the past 5 years I’ve been using dev releases since day 1 and they’ve been mostly fine.
Surely it’s not me getting old and becoming extremely nit picky?

I've been beta testing since iOS 6 DB1. And for me, nothing would beat the 💩 show that was iOS 7 DB1. 🙈

 

[VSMacOne]

Damn it’s beta 4 already and it’s still sluggish. I don’t remember the last time beta versions were this bad. For the past 5 years I’ve been using dev releases since day 1 and they’ve been mostly fine.
Surely it’s not me getting old and becoming extremely nit picky?

I think Liquid Glass pushes the computational demand more than iOS 18, so I fully expect a lot of these performance sluggishness and hiccups to take a while to refine. At least this beta cycle has not broken as many 3rd party apps as previous ones. It used to be much worse!

 

[jvitarius85]

does anyone else have an issue with RCS only working on cellular but breaks on wifi? This seems to be a new issue starting with beta 1.

I use T-Mobile

 

[VSMacOne]

It still bugs me to see all this wasted space on the home screen. PLUS it seems that they’ve made the dock even bigger in beta 4. I wish they would allow for more customization in this area. (B1 left, B4 right)

 

[dwrufus53]

I would never install a beta before a vacation. If it‘s a summer / beach / it‘ll be hot vacation, you effectively fry your battery health due to betas having heaty side effects + your hot environment.

Wait until you return, regardless of PB1 releasing. Your battery health will thank you later.

Yeah, after more thought, that's pretty much my plan.

 

[one more]

How does it run in general on the iPhone 11? My mom has a 11 Pro and I‘m worried her phone might become unusable.

I cannot compare, as I was not using iPhone 11 for a long while before installing iOS 26 on it. It works ok for simple tasks, but I would not put it on your mother’s iPhone just yet for several reasons:

1) Liquid Glass transparency is still being tweaked by Apple, so if she does not like its current presentation it might put her off;

2) It will take a toll on her iPhone’s battery, as this gets fine-tuned by the very end of the beta cycles, especially for older supported devices.

 

[one more]

lol cowards

I will put it on my main iPad today, though! 😉

 

[MadRed]

Do you observe a difference when adaptative power mode is on or off?

It seems to run warmer for me with it on. I turned it off. I’m sure they are still figuring things out and no need to slow down my phone with half baked code.

How about others?

 

[MadRed]

Also, it looks like Sleep Focus is broken. I had bunch of notifications come in at night. Had to silence the phone. Did anyone else experience the same?

 

[bucknut89]

Finally a build that isn’t making my IP15PM feel like a toaster oven. Very stable so far.

 

[VSMacOne]

Also, it looks like Sleep Focus is broken. I had bunch of notifications come in at night. Had to silence the phone. Did anyone else experience the same?

No issues for me.

 

[Maloney~888]

Thanks…..I can't confirm that for me (iOS and iPadOS 26/4)! Not even under 26/3...

It’s just on iPad for me. Haven’t risked my phone yet 😁 feedback sent. Again!

 

[coffeeplease]

Looks like ignoring a screen time limit is now instantaneous, where previously you had to wait for the hourglass flip animation to finish.

 

[wir43]

I changed one of my home telephone SIP numbers to transmit an "unknown" number and it got the intercepted as the anonymous call ...

With a different phone number it has now also worked for me. It is possible that the other number with which I had tested was previously stored in the contacts and was still recognised somewhere.

 

[christian.terra]

Apps that use apple maps freeze up when you double tap to zoom. For example, FlightRadar24. on the map, double tap to zoom and you can no longer move around the map. Same result in another app that uses apple maps.

 

[desh.iit]

Is there any way make this keyboard on search light mode ?

 

[EugW]

Night mode arrows and checkmark are invisible on a white background. Day mode works fine.

 

[Joseph C]

Battery life vastly improved over B3 on 16 PM.

 

[adrianlondon]

Speech in automation-triggered shortcuts now uses the correct Siri voice rather than one of the crappy robotic ones (that previous betas regressed to).

 

[qpid360]

Lots of stutters on my 16PM that didn’t exist on the previous beta. All good though - that’s to be expected.

 

[HouseLannister]

It still bugs me to see all this wasted space on the home screen. PLUS it seems that they’ve made the dock even bigger in beta 4. I wish they would allow for more customization in this area. (B1 left, B4 right)

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I always thought the icons are too big and the density could be improved. My request was an auto-hiding dock that could go on the side like the Samsung edge panel. Then the icon grid on the phone could be more like 8x5 or so.

The giant blue checkmark in many apps makes me think they are going the other way, though. Make everything large and easy to hit. Maybe the designers are getting up there in years and just can't see their phones like they used to. 😝

 

[Saberon2014]

Anyone getting intermittent notifications for Messages? It’s been present since B2.

Sometimes I will get no sound/notification for texts, but the message will be there. No filtering options are on and it happens when locked and unlocked.