iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[Reeneman]

My guess is public release next week and 26.4 beta 1 next week too. 😁🥳

Don’t think so. Why only one beta? We haven’t seen this in the past.
And it’s been a while since beta 1 but we shouldn’t forget that we had the Christmas and new years holiday period.
Such an OS doesn’t develop itself overtime, there are still some devs needed to work on it

 

[Kal Madda]

Yeah, I don’t think it’s something to panic over or anything. Let them cook. We’ve waited this long, a little longer won’t hurt. I know the anticipation can be rough, but I think 26.3 is going to be more of a minor update anyways. 26.4 is the one I’m interested in at this point… 👍🏻

 

[drak22]

It’s automatic updates not instantaneous updates. And there’s a reason for that.
This means in the event of a faulty update the device would to skip it and choose the next update with the fix instead. So, instead of a bricked phone leaving you stranded, you’d have a fully functioning phone.

It’s not horrible. It’s by design and is a very common practice in the software industry.

So Apple itself considers iOS 26 a defective update because its iPhone is still on iOS 18 with automatic updates activated haha

 

[fischersd]

So Apple itself considers iOS 26 a defective update because its iPhone is still on iOS 18 with automatic updates activated haha

My step-daughter was over last week in part to have me look at something on her phone. She was still on iOS 18. Had no idea that there was a major upgrade available. I know Apple doesn't want to harass people with upgrade notifications, but they're not being informative enough either.

 

[Kal Madda]

My step-daughter was over last week in part to have me look at something on her phone. She was still on iOS 18. Had no idea that there was a major upgrade available. I know Apple doesn't want to harass people with upgrade notifications, but they're not being informative enough either.

I used to get notifications from the Tips app about new major versions of iOS. The only reason I don’t get them now is because I’m installing updates right when they’re available, and I’m on beta versions. 👍🏻

 

[gtmead09]

This week I predict we get….. oh heck at this point go fish lol. Maybe security update C 😂