iOS 26 Beta 8 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[zackattack784]

If you don’t use Apple’s Mail app, I think it can be deleted rather than doing a wipe and reinstall of the operating system.

Thanks for the reminder, totally forgot that’s been an option for awhile now. I just deleted mail and problem solved.

 

[lindros2]

beta 8 has become unusably laggy the past day. This is not optimal.

 

[gtmead09]

So far to date I think beta 6 was the most solid. Kind of hoping for a beta 9. But I think that is a long shot.

 

[ManuCH]

beta 8 has become unusably laggy the past day. This is not optimal.

Does this persist also after a reboot? I'm finding it to be totally fine honestly (16PM).

 

[Stiille]

Does this persist also after a reboot? I'm finding it to be totally fine honestly (16PM).

On my 16e no problems at all too

 

[hovscorpion12]

So far to date I think beta 6 was the most solid. Kind of hoping for a beta 9. But I think that is a long shot.

There's nothing that says Apple can't do another beta release this week. Now that Apple can flash OS updates without ever opening the box, they can easily do beta 9, RC, then 26.0.1 on launch day [if needed].

 

[lindros2]

Does this persist also after a reboot? I'm finding it to be totally fine honestly (16PM).

Yes

 

[lindros2]

On my 16e no problems at all too

On my 4s (sorry 4 [ S ] if you’re pedantic) it’s great

 

[P_Watt]

On my iPad, for all folders other than Inbox, I have to first 2-finger select and then the 'Select All' button will appear. There is no 'Select' button that shows like the iPhone nor the '...' button that shows in the Inbox on the iPad.

2-finger option? Who knew! Thank you.

 

[Rafagon]

The Notes app. When you first go into any given Note (that's not new), the cursor (insertion point) "goes crazy." It's untameable. There's a workaround. You have to exit that Note and go back into it.

Has anyone noticed this? I really hope this bug gets fixed.

I'm on the most recent developer beta.

 

[one more]

Two weeks ago I’ve still had %100.

Perhaps it hits a 100% harder than other values - I have used iOS 26 betas on my main iPhone 15 since 25 July and so far it stayed at 94% without decreasing.

 

[iSuzan]

The Notes app. When you first go into any given Note (that's not new), the cursor (insertion point) "goes crazy." It's untameable. There's a workaround. You have to exit that Note and go back into it.

Has anyone noticed this? I really hope this bug gets fixed.

I'm on the most recent developer beta.

Strange... don't see this here on my iP16P. Can you maybe do a screenrecording how it behaves?

 

[gwang73]

2-finger option? Who knew! Thank you.

It works in some other Apple apps like reminders, notes, contacts, etc. but not all Apple apps.

 

[maika1305]

That's a weird one. I just checked, Silent Mode and Focus mode are definitely present on my 16PM.

Thank you. It must be a bug then, because after sending my message, I downgraded to 18.6.2 to see if Silent Mode (and Focus Mode) were still available.

Just now, I updated to iOS 26 B8 again, only to find that this time Focus Mode is visible, but Silent Mode is no longer present.

P/s: Gonna add that as an additional information to my feedback in the app.

 

[Travis299]

Thank you. It must be a bug then, because after sending my message, I downgraded to 18.6.2 to see if Silent Mode (and Focus Mode) were still available.

Just now, I updated to iOS 26 B8 again, only to find that this time Focus Mode is visible, but Silent Mode is no longer present.

P/s: Gonna add that as an additional information to my feedback in the app.

15PM & 16P, both on IOS26 B8, have Focus and Silent Mode in Control Center.

 

[Travis299]

 

[Ledsteplin]

The Notes app. When you first go into any given Note (that's not new), the cursor (insertion point) "goes crazy." It's untameable. There's a workaround. You have to exit that Note and go back into it.

Has anyone noticed this? I really hope this bug gets fixed.

I'm on the most recent developer beta.

Yes! I've had issues with the Notes app since iOS 26 first dropped. All kinds of acting crazy. I've submitted 3 feedback reports on Notes.

 

[maika1305]

15PM & 16P, both on IOS26 B8, have Focus and Silent Mode in Control Center.

This bug is not about Control Center. It’s about the Action Button in Settings app.

 

[thatJohann]

This weekend I noticed a bunch more of visual issues with things overlapping in the Messages app or elements like the search bar not switching to the right transparency color. More things that prob won't be fixed till 26.1 or later.

 

[srbNYC]

Sometimes people post a screenshot with no comment, and I don't know what they want us to notice.

 

[Rogifan]

The screenshot below is from the Photos app. In reality the time and three dots are impossible to see yet when I take a screenshot they show up just fine. Is this a bug? Why would a screenshot not mirror exactly what is seen on the screen? Also what’s on the screen looks terrible so if it’s not a bug it’s more Liquid Glass fails.

 

[Travis299]

This bug is not about Control Center. It’s about the Action Button in Settings app.

My bad, I thought that they were missing from the control center also. Are they present there & can you post a control center screen shot?

 

[ManuCH]

The Notes app. When you first go into any given Note (that's not new), the cursor (insertion point) "goes crazy." It's untameable. There's a workaround. You have to exit that Note and go back into it.

Has anyone noticed this? I really hope this bug gets fixed.

I'm on the most recent developer beta.

I've had this since iOS 18.

 

[maika1305]

My bad, I thought that they were missing from the control center also. Are they present there & can you post a control center screen shot?

Np. Sure they’re present in Control Center though. What’s odd about this bug is that Silent Mode isn’t available in the modal sheet shows in Action Button settings page, where you chose the “Controls: Quickly access your favorite Control” item in the horizontal list

 

[jfim88]

Beta 9 available