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

[Tokenfreak]

App icons still are missing sometimes and take a while to redraw...sigh.

Samething with the icons in the settings....

 

[Appledict]

Non-liquid glass dock bug is still present. I don't think they will ever fix this problem, at least not until iOS 28, 29 or something.

 

[Itsedstech]

Am I losing my mind or are animations incredibly fast? 16PM

Flicking down notifications is so fast

 

[Kylo83]

this is nothing what apple showed us at wwdc, what a mess

 

[nortonandreev]

Why so much white space on top?

Edit: I figured it out – there the back button is being displayed. Still, if there are no controls on the view, I don't see why reserving all the space.

 

[s2mike]

Hmm… still have all the same visual glitches and bugs that have been present in the last few betas. Can’t imagine they’ll be fixed before the official release. Bummer.

 

[jdavid_rp]

Does anyone else feels that the Cover Sheet / notification center invocation animation needs some tinkering? When you do it fast there is not much of an issue, but when you do it slowly sliding your finger all the way down/up the animation between the app and the wallpaper feels so sudden

 

[mzanker]

New effect when pulling down from Home Screen

Mine's like that in beta 7.

 

[sleeptodream]

I’m hoping they fixed the Liquid Glass effect pop-in around the current app’s icon when returning to Home Screen. It bugs me how unrefined that looks.

Now I can’t unsee that 🥲

 

[Reeneman]

Unfortunately, as I feared, very little was fixed during the beta cycle. Performance, yes, but this is anyway expected. The UI itself is basically the same with a few tweaks here and there. Most of the details, however, and the readability concerns, stay. It is, overall, a low-quality work.

There are some issues but in terms of readability they made a noticeable progress during the beta process.
Again here: not everyone will be 100% satisfied with this new design. There are people who want the more transparent glass back from DB1, then there are others like you who want it more toned down to increase the readability.
Both is legit, but both won’t be possible at the same time. I think overall they found a solid solution now.
Some details and animations are still lacking, that’s where I fully agree.

 

[Fontvnilla]

So far it sounds like we're still experiencing issues introduced with b7.

I was hoping we'd get that b6 polish back.

 

[Reeneman]

Now I can’t unsee that 🥲

This would need a smoother effect to not let it look like it’s popping-in.

 

[Stiille]

Here's a quick video (using 16 Plus) - are you sure you don't have this bug?
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Oh, yes I got it, it takes a second to switch back to Liquid Glass

 

[thatJohann]

Gotta say this is very disappointing.

Beta 6 had none of the visual issues I've been having on beta 7 and beta 8.

Such a regression.

 

[DDustiNN]

New effect when pulling down from Home Screen

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That’s not new… been doing that for a while.

 

[jdavid_rp]

I don’t know how new it is, but didn’t see anyone talking about it or in the apple support site: vehicle motion cues personalisation.

The dynamic option looks really nice btw, making it more stylish

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Seems like the delta update sizes reported is very much off. It said 10.22 GB but after it had downloaded and said “Preparing to update” the file size was only 1.99 GB.

 

[ghostface147]

Looks like they kept the beta 7 less liquid and more frosted glass. Beta 6 had it right.

 

[rgarita]

this is nothing what apple showed us at wwdc, what a mess

Hey guys, come on. It’s been a year since Apple showcased their AI advancements at WWDC 2024, more than a YEAR AGO!!, and we still haven’t seen them delivered. I’m okay waiting for cosmetic updates, but if this is all the innovation they can offer right now, it’s disappointing

 

[Cobalt Blizzard]

Safari stutters aren’t fixed yet… ughhh

 

[ChronicLynx]

Anyone else think Safari scrolling on ProMotion is very inconsistent and jittery? It’s been bad ever since Beta 4, in my opinion.

 

[thatJohann]

Also, the glass reflective parallax effect on the home screen app icons when tilting the phone side to side, seems toned down over past betas, like less glassy and less reflective. ugh.

 

[Reeneman]

Seems like the delta update sizes reported is very much off. It said 10.22 GB but after it had downloaded and said “Preparing to update” the file size was only 1.99 GB.

Was like this in the whole beta process for iOS 26.

 

[DDustiNN]

This would need a smoother effect to not let it look like it’s popping-in.

It just needs to never remove the Liquid Glass filter. It doesn’t when you long-press or single tap it. It’s always there. Until you are actually in the app and return to Home Screen… that’s the only time it’s not. Definitely a bug.

 

[MadRed]

Disappointed in lack of fixes.
1. Wifi toggle still missing glass effect
2. App icons redraw when you change pages.
3. Glass around home icon pops after exiting app.
4. Control center still looks forgotten.
5. Phone app needs buttons to navigate back to their default view.

Overall this iOS 26 is lots to do about nothing.