iOS 27 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[dannyyankou]

I’m glad they added a Liquid Glass slider, but the most clear option is still not as clear as I would like. Come on Apple, let us make it look like iOS 26.0 beta 1.

 

[StumpyBloke]

This is more like iOS 26.7

No, no it isn’t.

 

[TL24]

Yep. Noticed this too.

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As it should be, dark should be dark, not greyish.

 

[zman5]

You can make the clock smaller when setting up a wallpaper. Created in image playground and when I went to adjust the clock a button appeared

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Lol alarms in clock app still dont have Liquid Glass effect

I'll be damned. A bug introduced in iOS 26.1 and still around for iOS 27.

 

[nortonandreev]

Not sure Liquid Glass is much better…

These controls don’t look great when not zoomed in.

The change with the slider, from fully transparent to fully tinted is barely visible too.

 

[Charka123]

I also noticed that holding power button on boot there will be a text “continue holding for recovery”. Kinda like macOS.

 

[Enygmatic]

That’s for the public beta. Developers get to test it today.

You get to join the waitlist today. Probably roll out to us in waves.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

As it should be, dark should be dark, not greyish.

In the displayed use case, I preferred the slight contrast of the greyish icons over the new true dark version. I’ll have to change my wallpaper for the first time in ages because of it. First world problems.

 

[JCCL]

Skipping this one for my iPhone and Ultra 3 watch (have vacations and World Cup events planned, can't risk having non-functional core devices). Installed on my iPad Pro M4 (as well as personal MacBook), all looking good so far. Joined the Siri waitlist.

 

[AhRiHmAn]

Anything new for Apple Music? something like Spotify Connect? Thanks

 

[nortonandreev]

 

[adrianlondon]

TWo things I picked up from another forum (ok, Reddit):

1) As shown above - possible to have a small lockscreen clock in the date-line rather than separately and large.

2) Separate volume for alarms/timers and another one for alerts. This is GOOD NEWS!

 

[Discopants]

Just need to know if UK apps work especially banking apps

Santander seems to be fine

 

[COBRASVT]

2) Separate volume for alarms/timers and another one for alerts. This is GOOD NEWS!

That's awesome!

 

[hovscorpion12]

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Does it go back down when you scroll down?

 

[TheCart]

Got this in main page of Settings

 

[Ethan.Albano]

Got this in main page of Settings
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Big fan of this!! Not sure if this has ever existed before, but it desperately needed to.

 

[IceCool]

Thoughts

Not too thrilled with quite a bit of the design changes. I absolutely hate that they replaced iOS 26's blurred navigation bars when scrolling with the harder "pre-iOS 26" backgrounds. Would be nice to have at least an option for this. Also not really feeling the new icons. Colors are kind of weird in my opinion and they look kinda "meh".

Appreciating the "iOS 12ification" BIG TIME. Very smooth and relatively bug free for a first developer beta. Reminds me of the good old days. On my 17 Pro Max apps definitely open and load faster.

Also, keyboard is 100% unchanged.

Changes
• There are now separate sound sliders for system sounds/alerts, alarms/timers, and ringtone
• iTunes Store is not dead yet and has actually received a minor Liquid Glass update
• Updated Safari home page
• Weather app gets some nice updates
• Liquid Glass slider really doesn't change it dramatically
• Updated slide to shut down look with Liquid Glass

 

[iCrow]

" Impersonation Risk Detection " in Confidentiality settings

 

[zbugrkx]

I have done all betas ever since its a thing on iphone. Never I have experienced such an instability to the point that I had to roll back. This is on an iPhone 17 PM

- Bluetooth crashes and goes off, turning it back on freezes the phone
- Wifi keeps going on/off on/off (WiFi 7 MLO Access Points) constantly
- Home App removed 6 of my 8 home cameras, they are just plain gone
- Settings app freezes 90% of the time and i cannot click on anything

For a version that is supposed to be a refined/stable of ios26, it is awful and i'm a very understanding person when it comes to beta testing, this one just does not even allow me to use the phone at all 😀

Being an EU user as well, its for now anyway a good skip as there is not so much without all the Siri AI stuff.

 

[cigz]

Can anyone please show the battery settings? Did they change anything?

 

[KALLT]

Any changes to the Passwords app, like new fields?

 

[iCrow]

Can anyone please show the battery settings? Did they change anything?

Nothing new

 

[iCrow]

Any changes to the Passwords app, like new fields?

Nope