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

[greg624]

Its also public beta

Updated wiki for ya 👍🏼

 

[hovscorpion12]

Curious to see if they messed with liquid glass again

 

[iLuddite]

Let’s see how this revised build performs…

 

[greg624]

Curious to see if they messed with liquid glass again

Dark mode mail bug that everyone was complaining about with white background is fixed

 

[greg624]

App updates still disappear and come back after install

 

[mariuskv]

App updates still disappear and come back after install

Probably gonna get fixed in beta 5

 

[VSMacOne]

Just over 9GB for my 16PM coming from b4, and very quick download.

 

[Blue Hawk]

There’s a new build? Because it finds a Developer and Public Beta for me with Beta 4

 

[LutzRFrank]

There’s a new build? Because it finds a Developer and Public Beta for me with Beta 4

Yes. dev was updated too

 

[bricktop_at]

Still waiting for the IPSW download to be available

 

[GoldenChild]

Let’s see how this revised build performs…

Someone on Reddit said it brought back stutters

 

[LutzRFrank]

Someone on Reddit said it brought back stutters

Wonder how someone could install so fast to be able to already judge …

 

[Blue Hawk]

Wonder how someone could install so fast to be able to already judge …

Stutters after an update. That’s nothing new anyway. They can’t even wait for 30 minutes

 

[twinpeaks_sf]

Someone on Reddit said it brought back stutters

I've had stuttering on scrolls with beta 4. That would be a good one to fix with a revised build, but maybe not?

 

[imagineadam]

After charging your phone to 100 percent and using it for a while…..does anyone else notice, that your phone will say it has for example, 98 percent battery and then you reset it and it’s down to 92 percent? Then if you reset it again; it says 92 percent again. This leads me to believe the battery calibration is wrong in beta 4 by about 6 percent. It happened twice today when I tested it. I’m on 15 pro. Just curious if anyone else is seeing this.

Edit: Just did it again and it went from 92 percent to 88 percent. Very weird and annoying.

This is pretty common as iPhones always display the battery at higher percentages for longer. It gives the user and illusion of longer battery life. But once you get below like 70% it seems to level out and drop at the actual real pace. Just plug your phone into coconut battery and you’ll see the actual percentage is usually a bit lower than what the device is reporting. Same goes on my mac.

Also when you reboot your phone many processes are running at full blast for a few minutes when you first boot up leading to the little 4-5% drop in battery percentage you might be seeing.

 

[twinpeaks_sf]

I'm going to avoid the revised build if frosting returns, so I'll wait to see ya'll's experience with that.

 

[Parowdy]

My battery life is much better on B4 (14 PM). It drained like the Titanic taking in water on B3.

Huh, well. Others experience more lag. Opposite for me. Others have better battery life. Here’s me. Forth time came and went.
Same old story. Here’s hoping for the next beta.

 

[Fraud Goblin]

I'm going to avoid the revised build if frosting returns, so I'll wait to see ya'll's experience with that.

None of the B3 frosting is back. Tbh I have no idea if the revised build did much.

 

[Radeon85]

Dark mode mail bug that everyone was complaining about with white background is fixed

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Good to see that on is fixed as that was annoying. Will see how my stuttering is once it updates.

 

[Simacca]

Someone on Reddit said it brought back stutters

Can’t be any worse than it is now.

 

[maugustine]

Someone on Reddit said it brought back stutters

I’ve been on the beta since beta 3 and I’ve had consistent stutters when opening certain apps. 16 Pro. This revised build hasn’t fixed it for me.

 

[JCCL]

I just hope the revised build helps with the stuttering. Only issue I really had with Beta 4. Battery Life and stability was greatly improved.

 

[Blue Hawk]

new build number iOS 26.0 (23A5297m)

 

[Radeon85]

I just hope the revised build helps with the stuttering. Only issue I really had with Beta 4. Battery Life and stability was greatly improved.

Just installed it and the stuttering everywhere is still the sane as the first B4.

 

[JCCL]

Just installed it and the stuttering everywhere is still the sane as the first B4.

Very disappointing. Hopefully it's just that it's busy doing the usual post-install processes. But definitely not encouraging.