iOS 26 Beta 5 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[greg624]

calculator app crashing when changing the currency. Reported to feedback app

I can confirm. I'll also report

 

[MDTyKe]

but do you need to read it? You clicked on the search button, and you see the search bar pop out from it. Does that interaction leave you so confused that you still need to read the word “search” every time to know what the search bar is for?

This is why I think the reactions to all the legibility concerns with Liquid Glass are overblown. These are elements that you may have to read once or twice when first getting acquainted with an app, but from then on you’ll remember what they do. All you need is an indication of an area to click.

Yes, it's reasonably helpful to be able to read what I'm typing. Otherwise, why do we have text at all?

 

[dsdevries]

Anyone else noticed that the glare around icons and glass interface elements is buggy as hell in this version? Sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s dynamic, sometimes it’s fixed. Sometimes it’s there for a few seconds but then disappears. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to show, and sometimes it’s then gone again after a few seconds. Sometimes it is there on the dock, but not on the icons in The dock or vice versa. Sometimes it is there on the folder but not on the icons in the folder, or vice versa. Sometimes it is there on icons, but not on widgets.

 

[chillip]

Very stuttery when opening and closing apps

 

[hnlseth]

After unlocking my 16P the "reflective" edges around the icons on the home screen disappear until you move the phone around. Kind of annoying/noticeable when they change. Also happening on iPad mini 7. Didn't happen on DB1-4. Anyone else seeing this?

 

[hnlseth]

Anyone else noticed that the glare around icons and glass interface elements is buggy as hell in this version? Sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s dynamic, sometimes it’s fixed. Sometimes it’s there for a few seconds but then disappears. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to show, and sometimes it’s then gone again after a few seconds. Sometimes it is there on the dock, but not on the icons in The dock or vice versa. Sometimes it is there on the folder but not on the icons in the folder, or vice versa. Sometimes it is there on icons, but not on widgets.

Totally! Posted about it below before seeing your post. So annoying! Worked fine in DB1-4.

 

[JustiNYCity]

Home app icons are more rounded now in this beta?

 

[timemaker27]

If you set up 2 widgets of FindMy each for a different person it will show the same person in both widgets and whatever you do both returns to show the same person in each widget….this bug is on both macos and ios beta 5

 

[Cpives]

Does anyone else have to constantly sign in to their Apple account? I get asked multiple times a day?

Also - my update was only I think 1.73Gb, seems low compared to what others are reporting.

Running on a 16PM in the UK

 

[RSmith2023]

Might be a while until I can provide any feedback to this thread…

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Yeesh! Are you on dial-up? 🤣

 

[RSmith2023]

Has the number pad always “jiggled” when swiping up to unlock without FaceID?

No. That’s new.

 

[ShaneSparkyYYZ]

Does anyone else have to constantly sign in to their Apple account? I get asked multiple times a day?

Also - my update was only I think 1.73Gb, seems low compared to what others are reporting.

Running on a 16PM in the UK

My install was 1.58GB on my 15PM coming from the first public beta of iOS 26. I found that a bit odd too.

 

[revs]

Home app icons are more rounded New in this beta? View attachment 2534917

Overall I’m happy with Liquid Glass.. except for these coloured buttons, they look awful. Much prefer the tinted buttons, an orange button with a black icon and text would work better I think.

 

[arovik]

System data is still 64GB on my 128GB iPhone 15 Pro

 

[revs]

Not sure when this bug appeared, but I notice the menu on apps in the dock will reverse based on if you right click with a mouse/trckpad vs holding down with your finger. It also seems like the menu is reversed on apps not in the dock (delete/touch ID options are at the top not the bottom)

 

[Grayburn]

There’s a new bug in the “find my” widget. It now displays only one specific person, regardless of which person you set to be shown.

Reported this on Feedback, could you do the same?

 

[matzoek]

Judging from the heated discussions, this must be one hell of a beta.

Edit: Safari seems snappier.

 

[adrianlondon]

Updating apps no longer "disappear" and go to the bottom of the app list while updating.

Don't think it's been mentioned already.

 

[Séamus Boyle]

To the person asking about MagSafe chargers…..my one battery pack that wasn’t working from beta 1 to beta 4, has been working perfectly with no disconnects and reconnects in beta 5. Finally! lol

 

[jdavid_rp]

that is a bug, where the text disappears.

That’s why I ended the message with /s 😂

 

[dwrufus53]

Does anyone have any idea why I don’t have the option to extend this clock down? I have other photo wall papers where it lets me.

Only the first font option is variable in size. Hopefully that will change as the beta progresses.

 

[WildstarBR2020]

I have a photo workflow as is: send all the imagens taken from an event to a Shared Folder - and then, I picked up the select photos sending to a local Album in my camera roll. I selected the photo, click on it and a context menu appeared with an option to “Send to Album”. Now… it disappeared. I have to click in the three dots icon and I can send the photo from this shared album only to another shared album, that makes no sense. Does anyone know where is the option to send to a local Album? 🙏🏻

 

[Cinimod1000]

Looks like B5 includes a fix for QI2 charging. No more continuous connects and disconnects.
Anyone tried MagSafe 2 charging?

 

[s2mike]

Home app icons are more rounded now in this beta?View attachment 2534917

Yep — that was literally the first thing I noticed when I installed the beta yesterday. Looks really good.

 

[MCKLMT]

Looks like B5 includes a fix for QI2 charging. No more continuous connects and disconnects.
Anyone tried MagSafe 2 charging?

Seems to be confirmed by another user: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...of-ios-26-and-ipados-26.2462829/post-34047002