iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[Skb3735]

It will probably be Tuesday but man this is discouraging. I hate taking time off of work for what turns out to be no reason.

You take leave just to install a beta? Lol

 

[dannyyankou]

You take leave just to install a beta? Lol

I think me having COVID is a pretty good excuse, but I'd otherwise definitely be at work. Fun fact, the first day of my current job was on WWDC last year. It was tough being away from the Internet all day!

 

[Premium1]

It will probably be Tuesday but man this is discouraging. I hate taking time off of work for what turns out to be no reason.

Taking time off from work to install a beta...

 

[ggab]

Clearly today , and from now then weekly

Doesn’t look like it’s coming today. I think they’ve been released on Tuesday’s in the past.

 

[Stiille]

Doesn’t look like it’s coming today. I think they’ve been released on Tuesday’s in the past.

Seems like i was wrong, happens, but I don’t know if they will now switch to Tuesday’s in general

 

[MrRom92]

I don’t know how else it can possibly be done! It’s a time commitment. If it releases tomorrow then I can probably install it next Monday but then we’ll only be a day away from B6, so what’s the point.

Maybe we can hold out hope for a 4PM release lol

 

[dannyyankou]

Installing betas at work isn't an issue for me, we have gigabit Internet in the office. On WiFi it maxes out to like 300mbps, but that's plenty.

 

[gank41]

Yeah, Seems like I was wrong, too. Although it's still relatively early! Could still drop..

 

[DUDUBARRA]

Apple could give us mere mortals some happiness and launch the beta today, but at the rate things are going we won't even have that.

 

[Premium1]

I don’t know how else it can possibly be done! It’s a time commitment. If it releases tomorrow then I can probably install it next Monday but then we’ll only be a day away from B6, so what’s the point.

Maybe we can hold out hope for a 4PM release lol

Time commitment? It takes like 10 mins tops to install.

 

[MrRom92]

Time commitment? It takes like 10 mins tops to install.

Patently false. It’s a 1-2 hour affair everytime. The backup you perform before an install by itself takes more than the 10 minutes you claim

 

[Premium1]

Patently false. It’s a 1-2 hour affair everytime. The backup you perform before an install by itself takes over the 10 minutes you claim

No it does not. 1-2 hours. L O L.

 

[Artemiz]

Patently false. It’s a 1-2 hour affair everytime. The backup you perform before an install by itself takes more than the 10 minutes you claim

I usually do my backups the morning of the expected beta or the night before so there’s no waiting.

 

[MrRom92]

I usually do my backups the morning of the expected beta or the night before so there’s no waiting.

This could be done, but then there’s always something from the hours in-between that doesn’t end up being backed up. It only takes 15 or so minutes out of the total process so it’s not the biggest deal in the world to do it right beforehand. While the backup runs, that’s the time I take to seek out and download the IPSW. The 15 minutes to backup pales in comparison to the hour+ that my phone is completely out of commission during the actual installation.

 

[The Doctor11]

Hopefully beta 5 drops tomorrow, at that point I think I'm going to be brave and install on my daily driver 16 Pro Max.

 

[hovscorpion12]

To clear the air. For those performing a full install per ever OS release via itunes [IPSW], it takes close to 1hr+.

If your doing the update OTA, less than 10 mins

 

[FishyFish]

Plus I have to do my iPhone iPad MacBook Apple TV AirPods Pro firmware etc every time plus evaluating all of my feedbacks etc. it’s a full day

 

[greg624]

To clear the air. For those performing a full install per ever OS release via itunes [IPSW], it takes close to 1hr+.

If your doing the update OTA, less than 10 mins

I just did a fresh install of iOS 26 during beta 3… and the restore only took 15 minutes max. Maybe the download for the update took too long for you? But yeah I’ve never had it take an hour that’s insane ☠️

 

[MrRom92]

Downloads are not the limiting factor, at least on gigabit internet. These days when the IPSWs are ~10GB or so it only takes a couple of minutes to fully download, at the most. It’s the installation that takes time. Not sure why this is so difficult for so many to believe

 

[Spinarelo]

This could be done, but then there’s always something from the hours in-between that doesn’t end up being backed up. It only takes 15 or so minutes out of the total process so it’s not the biggest deal in the world to do it right beforehand. While the backup runs, that’s the time I take to seek out and download the IPSW. The 15 minutes to backup pales in comparison to the hour+ that my phone is completely out of commission during the actual installation.

You either need a new phone or a new internet connection. My phone is out of commission for 10-15 minutes tops during installation

 

[Kal Madda]

It literally only takes 10-15 minutes to install a beta. Nowhere close to even an hour, let alone 2. And even if you were to backup the phone every time, it still shouldn’t take anywhere close to an hour… Updates don’t take anywhere close to that long to install…

 

[tim_apple]

Downloads are not the limiting factor, at least on gigabit internet. These days when the IPSWs are ~10GB or so it only takes a couple of minutes to fully download, at the most. It’s the installation that takes time. Not sure why this is so difficult for so many to believe

Because we’ve done it and know it doesn’t take anywhere near an hour, dude. Taking time off work to update your phone is ridiculous.

 

[greg624]

The OTA updates sometimes take forever to prepare and update which could be like 15-20 minutes, and then the update installs in like 10. So maybe a half hour at the most. But with the ipsw already downloaded on the computer it hasn’t taken longer than 10-15 minutes, in MY experience.

 

[cflem]

it will be tomorrow.

 

[chmania]

Just installed public Beta. What happened to the compact view in Safari?