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

[jpdunn13]

Was the blood oxygen stuff only banned in the states? Mines been working continually over the last 12months plus. Apple Watch ultra2 both phone and watch always been on latest developer buildsView attachment 2537957

I think it may depend upon the model watch you have. I have a series 8 with the beta software and it has continued to work, but a friend with a series 10 says it is unavailable.

 

[thatJohann]

Anyone else find themselves slowly pulling down the lock screen all the time just to see the glass effects and chromatic aberration effect on the screen you’re on? I can’t stop.

 

[Manneman32]

I just reported my first bug, after 24 hours of use.

Have ONE focus mode activated… sleepmode from 23:00 to 06:00. I charged my phone this afternoon for an hour and after disconnecting it from the charger, Focus mode had activated, although it’s several hours early. I deactivated it and the homescreen jumps to the standard wallpaper without any glass icons… all standard. Also the widgets got unreadable. Tried to go back to my custom homescreen but then Sleepmode reactivated and it all started again.

Had to erase my custom layouts and re-customize my standard layout to get it to work. Also… widget got back to normal after a reboot.

Hopefully this was a one time flaw.

Anyone else had this issue?

 

[lemonsquezey]

Anyone else have an issue where you update to beta 6 but still available to update when already installed?

 

[lemonsquezey]

Anyone else find themselves slowly pulling down the lock screen all the time just to see the glass effects and chromatic aberration effect on the screen you’re on? I can’t stop.
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Yes lol but ive been enjoying the dark theme very much so.

 

[nortonandreev]

Anyone else have an issue where you update to beta 6 but still available to update when already installed?

There’s a newer build out.

 

[beant0wn]

Can you attach a screenshot? I’m not seeing any difference - examples below showing Notes, Safari and Messages.

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I guess it’s just between the stock Apple apps and third party apps.

Here’s Notes vs. Messenger. The shape of the keys being different is OCD triggering.

 

[ManuCH]

I guess it’s just between the stock Apple apps and third party apps.

Here’s Notes vs. Messenger. The shape of the keys being different is OCD triggering.

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Yes, that's normal and expected. Third party apps will need to be recompiled with the new Xcode, but they can only be submitted to the App Store after iOS 26 is officially released. Until then, you'll have the keyboard discrepancy.

 

[beant0wn]

Yes, that's normal and expected. Third party apps will need to be recompiled with the new Xcode, but they can only be submitted to the App Store after iOS 26 is officially released. Until then, you'll have the keyboard discrepancy.

What about older apps that won’t update? Does an official iOS release override them once it’s RC? Or will older apps’ keyboards stay disjointed forever?

 

[ManuCH]

What about older apps that won’t update? Does an official iOS release override them once it’s RC? Or will older apps’ keyboards stay disjointed forever?

Older apps that won't update will keep the old keyboard. And then at some point Apple gives an ultimatum by which apps must be updated, or they will be removed from the App Store, but that can take years.

 

[dwrufus53]

I have noticed that photos aren't syncing between my iPhone (16PM, iOS 26 DP6) and my Mac (Studio M2 Max, macOS 15.6). When I check the Photos app on my phone, is shows "syncing paused". Not sure if this is in any way related to the iOS 26 betas or not, but I've noticed it for a while now. I can resume syncing and it catches every thing up, but then it happens the next time I take photos and look for them on my Mac.