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iOS 26 Speculation Thread

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Reeneman said:
We do only really care about 26.4 - right? 😀
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I actually do care about 26.3, because with it being so long with no update since 26.2. Therefore they are not patching bugs and more importantly they are also not patching security issues. I get the point that everyone is excited for 26.4, me as well. But right now we have gone a while without any updates.
 
A. Sometimes releases have come out later in the day, though not necessarily common.

B. There’s still Thursday tomorrow, which is also a possibility.
 
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gtmead09 said:
I actually do care about 26.3, because with it being so long with no update since 26.2. Therefore they are not patching bugs and more importantly they are also not patching security issues. I get the point that everyone is excited for 26.4, me as well. But right now we have gone a while without any updates.
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But don’t forget Christmas and New Years.
I would guess if there would be a critical security issue currently they would definitely drop a smaller update.
 
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Reeneman said:
But don’t forget Christmas and New Years.
I would guess if there would be a critical security issue currently they would definitely drop a smaller update.
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It's probably a little like the warranty on the box scene from the movie Tommy Boy. The 26.3 update is crying out to me to make me feel all better 😉
 
I bet ya they’ve slowed down piddly bugs to have all hands on deck for the Siri update

It’s late, and important that they get it right on public launch
 
iLuddite said:
I wish they were just solid lines, at least in high-contrast mode. The bevel effect is really cheap-looking.
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If you turn on show borders in settings it makes the border solid lines at least for widget groups and app groups. Seems to make the icons a little less glassy too.
 
Brettka7 said:
I really enjoyed the dark icons on iOS 18, but the reflective borders drive me so crazy on iOS 26 that after being unable to adapt for 6 months, I’ve gone back to light icons in dark mode. The app borders are what I truly, truly despise about this OS. Crazy that there’s no accessibility setting to disable them.
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Would agree here. For me also one of the worst looking elements of iOS 26.
 
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sbailey4 said:
If you turn on show borders in settings it makes the border solid lines at least for widget groups and app groups. Seems to make the icons a little less glassy too.
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UPDATE: Just filled feedback, FB21709369 (Uniform App Icon Borders Using ‘Show Borders’) 🙂

Here’s the included description: “The beveled ‘glass’ app icon edge, compared to the more apparent, thinner line around home screen folders and other interface elements, feels less than optimal from an accessibility and consistency standpoint.


“I think it would look more cohesive and more visually ergonomic to replace that beveled glass edge around app icons with the same type of border used for home screen folders and other interface elements.”

Crap. I forgot to include “when Show Borders is enabled” somewhere in there but I hope they get the gist, if they even see it or care (unlikely).
 
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iLuddite said:
UPDATE: Just filled feedback, FB21709369 (Uniform App Icon Borders Using ‘Show Borders’) 🙂

Here’s the included description: “The beveled ‘glass’ app icon edge, compared to the more apparent, thinner line around home screen folders and other interface elements, feels less than optimal from an accessibility and consistency standpoint.


“I think it would look more cohesive and more visually ergonomic to replace that beveled glass edge around app icons with the same type of border used for home screen folders and other interface elements.”

Crap. I forgot to include “when Show Borders is enabled” somewhere in there but I hope they get the gist, if they even see it or care (unlikely).
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you can always add additional info to the bug ...
 
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iLuddite said:
... if they even see it or care (unlikely).
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Actually, I've seen responses from Apple to some of my bug reports, within the Feedback Assistant app. They haven't necessarily responded to every single bug report, but they do respond now and again. (They are particularly interested in providing feedback when they want people to retest and verify that the bug is fixed.)
 
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Perhaps it will be like with 26.2, where they skipped a week of when a beta would normally land and went straight to the RC. Which if the same, will be next week. I have a feeling they are diverting engineer resources to work on 26.4.
 
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I don't recall us ever going directly from a build ending in "d" to RC. In 26.2, we went from beta 3 to RC, so logic tells me we'll see a beta 3, either today or even tomorrow, but with Apple's unpredictable release patterns, anything can happen haha
 
drak22 said:
I don't recall us ever going directly from a build ending in "d" to RC. In 26.2, we went from beta 3 to RC, so logic tells me we'll see a beta 3, either today or even tomorrow, but with Apple's unpredictable release patterns, anything can happen haha
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I don’t recall a example, but there has been times a non A build jumped to RC.
 
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