iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[nortonandreev]

I was going to come in here like "I wouldn't put too much stock in the figma resources, because you can't reproduce that glass effect in Figma, which is one of the differentiators for the new UI. So Apple approximated it with the old frosted/blur effects." But after investigating, no, actually, you can reproduce it in Figma with a brand-new "Glass" effect style that I have to imagine Apple and Figma worked on together. Super interesting.

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Cool find.

 

[pw5a29]

It's been 2 weeks, let's go Monday!!

 

[Stiille]

It's been 2 weeks, let's go Monday!!

Let’s go liquid glass optimization! 🙏🤣

 

[chrisdazzo]

What’re we at now, beta 4? I might load Mac OS Tahoe today, too. After a Time Machine backup (or three), of course.

 

[Innovati0n]

What’re we at now, beta 4? I might load Mac OS Tahoe today, too. After a Time Machine backup (or three), of course.

Beta 3, but Beta 4 could come today

Very stable at least for me.

 

[Kylo83]

Who thinks liquid glass is coming back in beta 4? I hope so. I’m thinking beta 4 tomorrow and public beta day after

 

[nortonandreev]

Why do people say tomorrow? Do you expect 18.6 to be out today?

 

[iToph]

Today is the day. I feel an itch in my left ball, it was a clear sign over the last years.

 

[Joseph C]

Interesting from Steve Troughton-Smith:

“I expect this week's Public Beta (if it's not delayed again) will be the first to incorporate any kind of meaningful feedback post WWDC. Up to now, I think we've been clearing out Apple's own queue of fixes & changes and reactions to first impressions. Beta 3's kernel is dated from June.”

 

[Broken Hope]

What’s with all this Tuesday talk? Betas have been releasing on Mondays for ages and if public really is scheduled for Wednesday they will want to give it at least a full day to make sure they aren’t bricking devices.

 

[Reeneman]

A wonderful DB4 with re-implemented and improved Liquid Glass visuals today that will turn into the PB1 within this week.
Let’s hope for the best

 

[nortonandreev]

Interesting from Steve Troughton-Smith:

“I expect this week's Public Beta (if it's not delayed again) will be the first to incorporate any kind of meaningful feedback post WWDC. Up to now, I think we've been clearing out Apple's own queue of fixes & changes and reactions to first impressions. Beta 3's kernel is dated from June.”

I think with beta 3 the overall experience on iOS/ipados has improved. However, macOS is still suffering. And to me this is even more important, as macOS is also a productivity platforms for professionals. So it’s really important it’s optimized well for that too. I hope Beta 4 brings some enhancements there.

 

[dannyyankou]

I like the changes made to the last beta. It made text a lot easier to read across the OS. Sure, it isn't as "Liquid Glassy" as it was before, but maybe that UI wasn't a great idea in the first place.

 

[gank41]

Remember folks, when the PB comes out, we've got a VERY limited amount of time until things get locked in. Don't sit on your issue for a few days or even a week hoping it'll be fixed next round of betas. Just enter this into the Safari URL Bar or open the app directly--

applefeedback://

You might have bugs or an issue or something, but we can't do anything if it's only reported here.
File Feedback and often!