iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[Stiille]

@LutzRFrank could you share some comparisons between db 3 and db4 later this day?
I am right now on 18.6 RC and I think I will stay there until official release of iOS 26 or at least the RC in September

 

[one more]

Hope it's today as it's common they can release both together 😉

They release them a few hours apart much later in the beta cycle, so I think this time it will come tomorrow.

 

[CopyChief]

Hope it's today as it's common they can release both together 😉

Not usually on the PB1... near-simultaneous releases happen near the end of the cylce. If DB4 happens today, PB1 could be tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[greg624]

I will see yall @ 1:15 pm ET 😁

 

[fantomcheung]

It isn’t common, public betas most of the time get released one day after the newest dev beta

no, first few pbs used to be released one week after dbs

 

[Stiille]

Don’t forget to share comparisons of db3 and db4 later , curious if they increased liquid glass again or not

 

[Silverstring]

Honestly, I find new iOS, with glass or without, to be somewhat underwhelming. I think mobile OSes have plateaued overall. Very little innovation, but that’s ok. I do want a phone that does not have a camera bump. I want a flat phone. I want a FAT version not AIR version. A FAT version where the phone is flat because the battery would be increased in size to fill the valley that is most of our phones back side. Is that unreasonable?

I want a phone where it’s easy to use it with one hand, I want navigation buttons, glass or not, to be within reach of my fingers. I want navigation to be standardized at least between core apple 🍎 apps. Is that unreasonable?

Sorry just throwing out some items that I think are easy to achieve but for some reason all the braniaks at tech companies are too cool for that.

How about a phone OS that can be easily switched to kid OR elderly phone, so my parents in law can find a FLIP camera button when doing face time?

Sorry again for long late night post. But like it or don’t, but those are missing items. And tech people for some reason are not accepting the challenge.

You make some good points…but what does this have to do with speculation of when the next iOS 26 build will be released?

 

[Reeneman]

Hoping for the very best today
It will be a stunning beta with beautiful Liquid Glass animations <3
Apple websites will get a lot of nice stuff to cover later today.

 

[Reeneman]

Don’t forget to share comparisons of db3 and db4 later , curious if they increased liquid glass again or not

You will find tons of material on the big Apple News websites if there are significant changes.

 

[Stiille]

You will find tons of material on the big Apple News websites if there are significant changes.

Hope so 😅

 

[LutzRFrank]

You will find tons of material on the big Apple News websites if there are significant changes.

I like Zollo’s way to present using always the same wordings 🫠

 

[VigneshB]

Given yesterday's fumbling with Tahoe beta being released and then pulled, it seems like DB4 today followed by public beta tomorrow.(25A5316i was what was released and pulled yesterday.)

Would be interesting to see just a day's gap between a full DB and PB version(not just a revised DB and PB based on it.)
Also hoping for more 'liquid' and less 'frost'!

 

[thatJohann]

Didn’t the macOS Tahoe beta 4 that was accidentally released yesterday show even more frosted design than beta 3? (For those who installed it before it was pulled)

 

[Stiille]

Didn’t the macOS Tahoe beta 4 that was accidentally released yesterday show even more frosted design than beta 3? (For those who installed it before it was pulled)

Hope this isn’t true 😬😳
We will see in about 45min !

 

[Silverstring]

Didn’t the macOS Tahoe beta 4 that was accidentally released yesterday show even more frosted design than beta 3? (For those who installed it before it was pulled)

Based on screenshots—I didn’t install it myself—that appears to be the case.

 

[nortonandreev]

Also hoping for more 'liquid' and less 'frost'!

I prefer the frosted look. Usability should come first.

 

[nortonandreev]

Based on screenshots—I didn’t install it myself—that appears to be the case.

Where are the screenshots?

 

[VigneshB]

Oh, if the pulled beta were more frosted, that would be unfortunate.

I guess am part of a very small minority who actually mostly liked liquid glass other than some glaring accessibility issues which I 'believe' could have been resolved without frosting so much. Perhaps, am just outing my utter ignorance on UI/UX.
Maybe a slider to control the level of liquid/frost?

 

[Silverstring]

Where are the screenshots?

Trying to retrace my steps from yesterday and find it…

To be more clear it was one screenshot, a comparison between beta 3 and 4 Finder sidebar.

 

[Premium1]

I prefer the frosted look. Usability should come first.

Still should be an option to adjuts how glassy it looks. Don't announce "liquid glass" then neuter it.

 

[thatJohann]

Where are the screenshots?

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

The Settings on macOS26 Beta 3 vs Beta 4! Less liquid glass effects and window shadows, also some menu sections got rearranged ! Credit to @xezrunner on X who installed it before it got pulled!

www.threads.com

And he has more screenshots in his account if you look at his post history on threads.

 

[zman5]

Still should be an option to adjuts how glassy it looks. Don't announce "liquid glass" then neuter it.

I agree. I like the full liquid. I don’t want Frosted Glass. Add a slider, done.

 

[Silverstring]

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

The Settings on macOS26 Beta 3 vs Beta 4! Less liquid glass effects and window shadows, also some menu sections got rearranged ! Credit to @xezrunner on X who installed it before it got pulled!

www.threads.com

And he has more screenshots in his account if you look at his post history on threads.

This isn’t the exact comparison I saw (the one I did didn’t have a watermark), but showed the same changes. Thanks for posting.

 

[VigneshB]

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

The Settings on macOS26 Beta 3 vs Beta 4! Less liquid glass effects and window shadows, also some menu sections got rearranged ! Credit to @xezrunner on X who installed it before it got pulled!

www.threads.com

And he has more screenshots in his account if you look at his post history on threads.

And this too:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1947361848577429821

 

[nortonandreev]

Minimal Nerd (@minimalnerd) on Threads

The Settings on macOS26 Beta 3 vs Beta 4! Less liquid glass effects and window shadows, also some menu sections got rearranged ! Credit to @xezrunner on X who installed it before it got pulled!

www.threads.com

And he has more screenshots in his account if you look at his post history on threads.

Thanks. Looks like very light tweaks, don't really seem to change the experience much.

Will know soon how it feels.