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

[Parowdy]

it feels like we’re back to Beta 6.0 animations speed

Wasn’t 5 the fast one and 6 was a little toned down?

 

[Parowdy]

10 of them??

tbh yes, when you really look into it. There are still many oddities everywhere.

 

[jdavid_rp]

Still annoyed about the lack of a skip button in the collapsed mini player in Music and Podcasts.

It was there in the WWDC reveal and continues to be a major annoyance

Which mini player? I see a skip button in my music app in the small player on the bottom.

 

[AlanMarron]

I hate the look of Liquid Glass on my iPad and just tried this beta on my spare 13-mini.

Downloading os18 .ipsw files right now.

So ends my decades of devotion to AAPL.

 

[Parowdy]

Still annoyed about the lack of a skip button in the collapsed mini player in Music and Podcasts.

It was there in the WWDC reveal and continues to be a major annoyance

It was? I didn’t notice that.

 

[Parowdy]

To answer about ChatGPT. It just answered model 4.

It might also say that 5 isn’t even out yet, so don’t trust it knowing what it is and isn’t.

 

[MDTyKe]

Sigh. The bug when you go to Spotlight and touch on a word to trigger the loupe to move the cursor is still there. Now it's not the brightness - it's just blank.

Spotlight also indexes and shows "Files" despite that being turned off. So f'n irritating.

 

[teeshot44]

@teeshot44 I believe they're referring to ChatGPT via Siri.

Go to Siri in settings and update ChatGPT. Then ask and it will reply 5

 

[Banglazed]

Public beta is out

 

[tomtad]

Here you go

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

Do you think Apple with iOS 26 Dev Beta 8 will feature a change in Liquid Glass?

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It was? I didn’t notice that.

 

[tomtad]

Which mini player? I see a skip button in my music app in the small player on the bottom.

Not when it collapses when you scroll. In the demo the skip button persisted

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

Do you think Apple with iOS 26 Dev Beta 8 will feature a change in Liquid Glass?

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[Parowdy]

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

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

Polish? I don’t remember any bugs brunt fixed with beta 6, one with 7.

When you tap and hold on the Home Screen and tap "edit pages", then immediately tap "done", the screen locks up. Can anyone else confirm?

not happening for me

 

[Parowdy]

Here you go

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

Do you think Apple with iOS 26 Dev Beta 8 will feature a change in Liquid Glass?

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Ah yes sorry I was thinking of the Picture in Picture window.
Yeah, this was a thing in iOS 18 or not?
It’s better this way though. The player is already too small with too little room for song info. I’d like a swipe gesture to flick, but that won’t happen. Even though the light effect would work well with it.

 

[DennisdeWit]

Still no wallpaper on the home screen when enabling reduce transparency in iOS 26

 

[GIZBUG]

10.5 on my 16PM

10.6 here

 

[Parowdy]

I am satisfied with the beta so far, almost non bugs or glitches.
Ready for RC in two weeks

Don’t have an eye for detail? This is clearly an unfinished product with missing effects, animations and many small oddities and visual glitches.

 

[Parowdy]

Then again some people would complain also about that apple has lost it‘s way and it’s simplicity with all this little customisation.

Exactly, little customization.
It either fits into their narrow understanding of worthwhile options or it doesn’t exist.
And while Apple is trying to play catch up with their most recent WWDC promises, Android had most of this figured out long before. My SO has a Flip 6 and oh my gawd she has so many QOL options for powerusers it’s laughable what we consider multitasking on the iPhone.
LG serves no purpose but to sell future iPhones (at this point), it’s not practical nor very pretty.
But it’s what Apple allows us to have while missing the mark of what’s important almost ridiculously much.
Back in the day Apple was known for having options, albeit not necessarily visual customization, AND a nice UI, now we can’t have either.

 

[BigBlur]

Go to Siri in settings and update ChatGPT. Then ask and it will reply 5

Your screenshot shows you asking though the ChatGPT app, so of course it's going to say GPT-5. You need to have the request go through Siri (or a Shortcut). It's still GPT-4.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I don't get why the 'shadows' at the top and bottom of the screen have to change color. Same for the status icons. Just make the shadow white in light mode and dark in dark mode. That way it doesn't need to change colors 20 times when scrolling websites or in messages. The way it has been and is now is so distracting.

 

[Parowdy]

OK, so, before I update from DB7—is the app-opening animation slower again, or is it still fast? I appreciated the quickness of the last two builds and I'll skip this one if it's slowed down again. Running on 16 Pro, always installing via IPSW, FWIW.

As fast as beta 5, so very.

 

[Parowdy]

26 is infinitely better than those two. These are graphical glitches but they’re smaller and subtle and the average user will ngaf. The speed up in animations? A fresh design language? Better keyboard? These are things users will see and appreciate

Better keyboard? What do you mean exactly?

 

[dominiongamma]

I hate the look of Liquid Glass on my iPad and just tried this beta on my spare 13-mini.

Downloading os18 .ipsw files right now.

So ends my decades of devotion to AAPL.

Don’t believe it just because of glass design. Must be more then that

 

[Parowdy]

Not that we should reward being merely adequate, but I will say this refresh is launching in drastically better shape than the last major overhaul in iOS 7. There are still a bunch of visual issues, but the basic foundation is more solid. I think the primary differentiator this time around is Apple is providing options – in iOS 7 it was "don't like a flat design? There's always Android."

Options? What options? I can’t get rid of the shimmer effect on the Home Screen, I can’t have a solid Notification Center, I can’t have the old and simple app icons back.
And no, reduce transparency isn’t an option.
It’s an accessibility setting with unintended side effects. Big difference.

 

[Parowdy]

Same two questions I ask each beta:

Does the text selection loupe work with reduce transparency on?

Did we get ChatGPT 5 yet?

No.
Not really.?

 

[Parowdy]

None of the bugs I’ve ever reported have ever been fixed. It’s starting to seem like it’s useless to report them or submit feedback.

250 reports in and I’ve gotten 2 responses and maybe 1/50 that don’t say no similar reports. It’s crazy.