iOS 26 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[VSMacOne]

The update size is all over the place. My 16PM was below 1.5GB and I see other above.

 

[ediks]

much smoother on my M1 ipad pro

 

[dahauss]

What issue was that? I've had no issues using magsafe charging on my iPhone.

On my 15 Pro, When you attach a MAGSAFE BATTERY (I have 2 QI2 certified ones), they either DO NOT charge the phone at all, or the charging constantly STOPS and STARTS and never really charges, or charged to 80% and then stops. Today I had the magsafe battery connected and no charging at all, However, if you attach a USB-C cable to the phone, all is OK, or if you you one of those CHARGING PADS (not magnetic or QI2), charging works. I saw others have this issue and reported it on REDDIT.

 

[s2mike]

Bottom of the Weather app looks different…

Messages app still has the annoying prompt to set up name and photo sharing at the top of the screen…

 

[Banglazed]

IPSW is up

 

[ttam110]

Control center is fixed guys

 

[lancastor]

Messages app still has the annoying prompt to set up name and photo sharing at the top of the screen…

Scroll up a litlte bit then it disappears.

 

[maxrest]

First impressions: This beta feels much smoother on my 16 PM. Very stable, imo.

 

[Dirty Mac]

3.07 gig on my iphone 12. yeesh. My 15 PM will probably be half the size. Go figure.

 

[coffeeplease]

Could someone test if the Camera app still makes your phone super hot after using it for a minute?

 

[drinkingtea]

Just downloaded. Are they really going to keep that ugly (dark) blur in the header and footer in Safari? Ugh.

 

[jarman92]

I believe it memory serves me, beta 2 is many times the most problematic build. I will be interested to see people's experience with this one.

DB1 rev 2 was definitely more buggy than the previous version so I’ll definitely be waiting a bit on DB2 😅

 

[TimFL1]

Change notes are live

 

[ibookemo]

Let's have some screen grabs please guys. Itching to see some of the improvements. Is it only control centre that's visually different? Is the glass more frosted in other places?

 

[jarman92]

Control Centre is FAR better in b2.
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What did they do just increase the blur?

 

[nortonandreev]

There was a bug with the animation of spotlight, the search bar. Seems fixed now.

 

[johnnyboi168]

As a developer using a developer beta, I hope you reported that. I haven't seen any reports, although I haven't been actively looking for them either.

Oh yeah, I googled it and found many others with the issue.

 

[ibookemo]

The now playing widget has better contrast now, still not ideal tho.

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Yeah the contrast between the white text and background is still not strong enough, not even close.

 

[nortonandreev]

Let's have some screen grabs please guys. Itching to see some of the improvements. Is it only control centre that's visually different? Is the glass more frosted in other places?

Looks the same.

 

[vince085]

Reflection ringtone has two options now: Default and Alt 1 which is the ringtone leaked earlier.

 

[LutzRFrank]

lockscreen widgets don’t overlap any longer with the focus messge

 

[Sebosz]

the background in control center is finally dimmed

 

[TimFL1]

the background in control center is finally dimmed
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What about notification legibility?

 

[ibookemo]

Looks the same.

Not a promising sign. If a user doesn't like glass backgrounds, they're kinda screwed.

 

[d245770q]

Not a promising sign. If a user doesn't like glass backgrounds, they're kinda screwed.

Exactly… if you don’t like the glass look then don’t use it!