No, it's a rant. This was not announced as part of this beta. So you are not missing a setting and there is no bug to report.
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iOS 26 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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Just a question, can you still fully turn off Apple Intelligence? Does it break anything that *shouldn't* be AI when you do?
Angelica: If you have to ask, you'll never know.
But seriously... don't put it on your primary phone unless you 1) don't care if you have to restore it and start over, 2) don't mind half the battery life, and 3) want to participate in making it better rather than just get it early because you have FOMO. I would recommend putting it on an iPad or a junk-drawer phone first. Unless you have a backup phone, I don't see much in the new OS worth risking my daily driver.
My experience has been okay. I have some things look odd or load slowly and I need to force close the app and start over. Nothing just fails to work. It's... fine.
With some of this new stuff, it's hard to tell if it's a new feature or a glitch. And what's with the oblongated toggle switches?
For me, its a
5 – Mixed Bag
Half smooth, with the odd stutter. Some apps might crash or become unresponsive, animations glitch at times, and the battery drain seems okay. I’m running it on an M2 iPad Pro 256gb cellular. I’m able to do my work on it. I have a Macbook Air incase I can’t do something due to the beta. I am enjoying it even with the bugs.
Update: CarPlay would not load at all, no matter what I tried, on my way to the gym.
On the way back, trying to press play on the Music app on the phone did eventually get it to connect.
On the way back, trying to press play on the Music app on the phone did eventually get it to connect.
No; I believe it had been mentioned as a “Later this Fall” feature, even on Apple’s website.
It’s on my main device. Bit of animation lag and slight stuttering here and there but been using with CarPlay and work… really solid beta 1. Battery is obvs down a bit but that’s to be expected.
Normally things get worse for beta 2 then it’s 3 when you really start to notice things.
iPhone 16Pro
Gurman got it all spot on in the run up to release!
You can double tap or double click the top toolbar of any app to instantly turn it into a window or go back to fullscreen on iPadOS.
My biggest issue is that it’s laggy, but this is always the case on a new beta.
I did have to reset network settings today because my WiFi speeds were dropping. (None of the other quick fixes like forgetting the network, toggle airplane mode, etc., made a difference.
Ringer, alarm, notifications and app sound volume seem a little soft/low. Have to turn volume up a tad from when on ios 18.5. Almost didn’t hear my alarm Tuesday morning.
Thanks, I know it’s not a bug. It’s a feature. I wasn’t claiming it was a bug a slight rant, yes. This threat is full of rants worse than mine.
This was an awesome video. Found things I wouldn’t of been looking for.
You can reduce transparency in the Accessibility settings you know… and you don’t HAVE to use the “all glass” look. Apple didn’t even make it default, like they normally do. You have to specifically turn this on.
Plenty of people will like this (particularly the teens and 18-25 segment) so this is for them. Otherwise you can use the default icons or the tinted option which drastically reduces transparency and makes what you are showing much more legible
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