iOS 26 Beta 6 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[Stiille]

In my experience it doesn’t overwrite ios 18. Yes it will backup iOS 26 but when I want to revert back to iOS 18, when restoring, at the end of the setup, there’s an option to select the last backup of iOS 18.

You sure?
Because if that’s true I will backup my iPhone , otherwise I won’t backup it until the RC!

But it’s not that important the backup for me as I have iCloud Photos active and synch it every day.

 

[sbailey4]

From what I understand, you don't want to mix the hpaths. If you've got the PB, best to stay on the PB, if you're on DB, stay on DB.

Not so, The builds are identical just have different names (numbers) since they dont come out at the same time. But they are the exact same firmware. Makes zero difference which you select other than the timing of when you can get it.

 

[ronno]

Going to turn on intelligence again after keeping it off for a couple versions… See if it still kills the battery asap or not 🤨

 

[john991]

Message Spam filtering works, went directly into spam folder, but that message came in at 14:33 just arrived on my watch 3 hours and 20 minutes later marked as unknown but in my main thread in messages on watchOS 26.

 

[tenjikuronin]

Well it wasn’t until recently that I was told on this forum that it was fully functional - that’s why I attempted to use it again. Of course, that wasn’t the case. If I wasn’t misled in this way there would be nothing to complain about. If it gets on the forums nerves then the forum should not be misrepresenting the state of the software to those who have to use it.
I do not do OTA updates nor should I be forced to

1. The forum is many different people, and even if someone "misled" you, that's still on you and not the "forum."
2. You should not be installing beta software, I think.

 

[wavey]

Anyone having problems with rotation of images/videos/websites ?

Mine don’t rotate to landscape.

 

[Travis299]

Message Spam filtering works, went directly into spam folder, but that message came in at 14:33 just arrived on my watch 3 hours and 20 minutes later marked as unknown but in my main thread in messages on watchOS 26.

Is this your watch version, (23R5340a)?

 

[Parowdy]

Closing apps now seems to have a much faster and shorter animation

Good catch, you seem to be right

 

[Parowdy]

Anyone having problems with rotation of images/videos/websites ?

Mine don’t rotate to landscape.

Tried turning on and off rotation lock? Sometimes devices behave weird after updates. Give it an hour, if it continues, force restart the phone.

 

[wavey]

Tried turning on and off rotation lock? Sometimes devices behave weird after updates. Give it an hour, if it continues, force restart the phone.

On this occasion a forced restart cured it.

 

[Parowdy]

I was told in the past that you can’t judge performance right away because of indexing after an update

That means it will only get faster 👍🏻

 

[NBKindaGirl]

Weird. Screenshots look not different here … even with a bright wallpaper

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Any chance you can share this wallpaper? 😍

 

[Reeneman]

Weird. Screenshots look not different here … even with a bright wallpaper

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Ot depends of you have hdr turned on in the settings for screenshots. The bug only occurs with screenshots in SDR.

 

[thatJohann]

Who do I have to F to get this iCloud sync blue bar to disappear from my messages app? Lol

 

[VSMacOne]

@thatJohann Have you tried to force a sync in Settings/iCloud?

 

[meDANOcine]

Dark backgrounds seem to cause issues with red color on the lock screen. Feedback submitted.

 

[SpecMode]

Dark backgrounds seem to cause issues with red color on the lock screen. Feedback submitted. View attachment 2536976

That just looks like an undocumented night vision feature to me!

 

[Ethan.Albano]

Having a lot of issues with AutoMix on this release. Beta 5 it acted as a “smart” crossfade that would occasionally try beat matching or cutting off silent beginnings. Now it barely starts cross fading before there’s 3 seconds left in the song, even in songs with 20-30s of silence at the end.

Frustrating. Hope they revert this!

 

[slomtbr]

This bothers me. I don’t like how the folder is warped through glass. It should be solid like its neighbor at all time, no matter the background. Maybe it’s been there since beta 1, but this is the first time I’ve used an iOS 26 wallpaper. I have to switch wallpapers. Ugh, I love the purple background.

The folder isn't warped - the line in the wallpaper is being "refracted" by the "glass" folder.