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iOS 26 Speculation Thread
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Because there are very obvious visual flaws and features like local capture that either doesn't appear in the settings or disappears seconds after being entered.
What I don't know is whether they'll address these errors in RC2 or directly in the final version, but I think it's safer that they'll do it in RC2 because of the possibility of new bugs appearing.
I don’t think an RC2 would address any minor visual flaws. What we got in RC1 is what we are getting, the only thing that could change is if they find any critical bugs.
i hope that iOS 26.2 is released at the normal release time (noon) not like 26.1 that was released at 3pm 
But I don't consider it a minor issue. The fact that in the Messages app, when returning from a message to the app's main screen, the bottom interface loads at 15fps is not a minor visual bug. It even gives the impression of a broken screen. In beta 3, it only happened in the app storage section, but in the RC it spread to the Messages app as well.
Furthermore, the disappearance of the local capture function is also not a minor bug. Apple is aware of these errors, as the reports indicate, and they will address them because I don't see them being capable of leaving parts of the system that give the impression of a broken phone or simply removing features for more than a month.
Unless something major under the hood is wrong, I don't see any new RC coming today on a Fri. I'm kind of feeling like the public release may be a newer build then the RC or we get a RC2 early next week before the public. But that is just my gut guessing
Required? No, I mean that maybe Apple will recognize a few issues people are still having on the RC, and release an updated RC that can help...
This is the very definition of a minor visual bug. Not a chance they will address this in an RC2, which usually is only there to address critical bugs. In the scale of bugs, this thing you mention is almost non-existent.
Also, how did you even notice? When I tap "back" from a message to go back to the app's main screen, the bottom interface (do you mean the text input box?) disappears in a split second. I have a hard time noticing any fps difference there at all, and I tried several times.
Because it's still buggy. Zollotech mentions a lot of the bugs on his YT channel.
i updated my iPhone 14 Pro Max and boy this software is the worst ive ever used. I mean it’s so unstable and stutters, animations are not reaching peak compare to iOS 18. I’ve made the worst decision in my life. It was not worth it at all.
Reading some post here I came to the conclusion: you guys care more about what something looks than if it’s functional.
BTW: typing on keyboard feels so slow
Reading some post here I came to the conclusion: you guys care more about what something looks than if it’s functional.
BTW: typing on keyboard feels so slow
So now that Dye is out of the picture, do you guys expect anything with liquid glass to change or take a step back?
Public iOS 26.2 today (with different build than RC. Maybe 23C55). 26.3 B1 tomorrow.
I posted this elsewhere, but seems to make more sense here--
What I've found to happen over time is that there seems to be some kind of "A/B" testing going on.. Some of us may see some fixes in a "beta 2" release while then others seems to have things more borked at the same time. Then beta 3 comes around and folks that were borked get some fixes while the folks seeing fixes in beta 2 get more issues.. That seems to include the RC and even regular releases. It's a cat & mouse game, trying to make everyone happy.
Just like the CarPlay issues I'm having, along with a large number of others, and some folks are not seeing any of these issues at all. We'll find out soon enough I suppose.
What I've found to happen over time is that there seems to be some kind of "A/B" testing going on.. Some of us may see some fixes in a "beta 2" release while then others seems to have things more borked at the same time. Then beta 3 comes around and folks that were borked get some fixes while the folks seeing fixes in beta 2 get more issues.. That seems to include the RC and even regular releases. It's a cat & mouse game, trying to make everyone happy.
Just like the CarPlay issues I'm having, along with a large number of others, and some folks are not seeing any of these issues at all. We'll find out soon enough I suppose.
I don’t think we’re getting the same version for public release. I have this gut feeling about a RC2 or newer public coming.
I don't think there's been a X.X update in the last year at least that has shipped with the same build as the RC, so chances are very good for it being an updated version.
Guessing RC not having proper release notes was to hide the Fitness+ expansion, that or the 15th is public release date and we get RC2 today.
There's also a very small chance that AirTag 2 gets announced this week based on this and that's why there's no release notes:
The Fitness+ expansion needs at least 26.1. There's no reason for Apple to hold 26.2 back for the Fitness+ expansion.
Ah so called leaker due to 9to5 Mac said:
In a sequence of posts, the account noted 23C52 and 23C54 as launch builds for iOS and iPadOS 26.2.
The RC that debuted last week also had 23C52 as its build number.
Let’s see if we will get a new build.
In a sequence of posts, the account noted 23C52 and 23C54 as launch builds for iOS and iPadOS 26.2.
The RC that debuted last week also had 23C52 as its build number.
Let’s see if we will get a new build.