4 weeks have handed since Apple unveiled iOS 26 and the most important software program redesign coming for iPhone. Now it’s time to start out testing the third developer beta preview and see how efficiency and polish have improved. iOS 26 additionally contains a great deal of new options and performance along with the brand new Liquid Glass-inspired appear and feel.
iOS 26 developer beta 3 is right here
Apple summarizes the upcoming iPhone software program replace by saying that iOS 26 “delivers a shocking new design, highly effective Apple Intelligence capabilities, new methods to remain related within the Telephone and Messages apps, and thrilling updates to CarPlay, Apple Music, Maps, and Pockets.”
In iOS 26 beta 2, we noticed design tweaks together with legibility enhancements for Management Heart, higher menu group in Safari, and stronger accessibility choices with borders added to Excessive Distinction Mode. Nevertheless, beta testers are nonetheless involved with the full transparency of Notification Heart, and the second beta model launched a bizarre left-align icon state of affairs for the dock when utilizing fewer than 4 apps. (It’s even weirder and buggier for iOS 26 on iPhone SE with misalignment with a full dock.)
Public beta in July
Most significantly, we’ll be capable to consider efficiency in beta 3 as we inch towards the goal launch date that’s simply two months away. We’re mainly one-third of the way in which by way of the beta interval so there’s loads of time for optimizing efficiency, particularly on older iPhone fashions. Nonetheless, July is when Apple says it plans to launch the primary public beta model of iOS 26 to keen clients who need to take a look at the pre-release software program with barely much less danger than the developer beta prepare. That makes at present’s iOS 26 developer beta 3 construct a candidate for iOS 26 public beta 1, barring any present stopping bugs, in fact.
Is your iPhone prepared for iOS 26? The subsequent main software program replace runs on iPhone SE (2nd era) in addition to iPhone 11 and up. iOS 18 is the final model that can run on iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max. You’ll must improve your iPhone if you’d like the newest options and latest design, however older iPhones will proceed to obtain software program updates for safety for some time. Options that use Apple Intelligence require iPhone 15 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional Max, or any iPhone 16 household mannequin.
In the meantime, we’ll gather and checklist each change to iOS 26 beta and extra on 9to5Mac so keep tuned (and be part of the enjoyable with suggestions@9to5mac.com)!
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