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iOS 26 Beta 2 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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When my iPhone 12 Pro Max is mounted (horizontally) on my MagSafe charger, the call answer screen doesn't appear when I receive a call. I just hear the phone ringing but with no way to answer the call on the phone. Have others notice this? Or do you not ever get phone calls anymore? 
Luckily I was wearing my Apple Watch 5 with it linked to the phone, so I could answer the phone on the Watch.
Luckily I was wearing my Apple Watch 5 with it linked to the phone, so I could answer the phone on the Watch.
Yes. Same. Now I take screenshot of frozen screen so I can extract the tyoed text via photos.
looks like it is that way in every messaging app. I’m using dictation to overcome this.
So, I was now years old when I discovered there is a preferred language option for Safari. I don’t know how it happened, but from nowhere, Thailand language were inserted in the keyboard options and as a preferred language in Safari. Deleted the language from keyboard and set the Safari preferred language back to English and finally I can read the context menus once more 😂
Good bug spotting guys. I hope nobody is running it on their main phone though - that would have to hurt a lot at this very early point.
I had it on an old iPhone 11 which was spare but disliked the visual design so much I removed it from even that.
The layout of things seems good and the OS still feels very familiar. First version of iOS I haven’t like the basic appearance of though, been using it since the first iPhone too.
Keep up the good work with the testing, I enjoy reading about the discoveries here.
I had it on an old iPhone 11 which was spare but disliked the visual design so much I removed it from even that.
The layout of things seems good and the OS still feels very familiar. First version of iOS I haven’t like the basic appearance of though, been using it since the first iPhone too.
Keep up the good work with the testing, I enjoy reading about the discoveries here.
I've had this happen too and thought it was the routers. I don't like how buggy iOS 18 has been and sounds like 26 is still struggling. Opting out of a iPhone 17 Pro as I have lost faith in this brand till I see current hardware start working again. If it ever does again.....
I have it on my 15PM daily driver and it’s solid for my uses. I did have one instance where a typed message in Messages was lost in a freeze and my battery has taken a bit of a hit but other than those insignificant bugs, I’m loving 26.
Like a few others, I hope they bring back the liquid glass from beta 1. I get some of the criticisms but they can tweak little things rather than dialing the whole thing way down to where it looks more “18” than “26”.
In any case, it’s still early days but I’m excited to see where we go from here.
Safari seems very buggy on some forums when replying, the cursor insertion point is wrong, display is wrong and it just doesn’t work. I have to hit the tick to remove the keyboard at the bottom and then tap to begin typing again.
I’m glad to see that it’s popular. It certainly is a brave move from Apple. It’s promising to see the company try new approaches. Just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean I’m not happy that it’s a different direction. I hope it’s a success for Apple this year.
So after couple days my calls are silent again for no reason lol. Where is beta 3 at
. Where is beta 3 at
With this being quite a serious issue for some, would you please post your feedback ID so others who report it can refer to yours as well?
I created a shortcut and had it added to the Share menu, so you could do it from there in an app that has a share menu. Not always that useful, but it’s there. Otherwise, if you’re on an ipad, a diagonal swipe up from the left corner will do it, with your finger or Apple Pencil. The only other way is to press the side button and top volume button at the same time on either device.
Yes they did. All my unknown phone calls were getting automatically sent to voicemail. I had to revert back to iOS 18 because of this annoying bug. I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention.
Same. And doesn’t seem to be a clear setting to change the unknown callers feature off.
Hi yes it's me, the local punishment glutton 👋 my mom thinks I'm mad at her because calls don't ring on this freakin beta
I installed beta 2 the day of release. The phone was a little hot and the battery drain was present few hours after.
One or two days later the drain is gone. All my applications work despite some visual glitches sometimes.
I’m very happy with it. Can’t wait to see what’s coming next.
One or two days later the drain is gone. All my applications work despite some visual glitches sometimes.
I’m very happy with it. Can’t wait to see what’s coming next.
Is it just me, or does YouTube PIP (Picture-in-Picture) not work on beta 2? I only tried it on the iPad as I am on 18.5 on my iPhone.
Working here on iPhone and iPad.
Things to double-check:
Start PiP Automatically enabled in Multitasking and Gestures?
Picture in Picture enabled in YouTube settings?
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It seems that iOS 26 is continuing the trend of gradually increasing the sizes of some dialogue boxes etc., following the trend of increasing screen sizes.
I first really noticed this back in the iPhone 6 days. I really liked the 4 / 4S but iOS and some apps started to feel really cramped some time after the 6 and 6 Plus were released.
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There is a disconnect between the iPhone and Watch for alarms. This morning I got the alarm on both. I snoozed both but both alarmed again after the snooze. Then I cancelled it on one but it remained on the other so I had to cancel that independently too.
I first really noticed this back in the iPhone 6 days. I really liked the 4 / 4S but iOS and some apps started to feel really cramped some time after the 6 and 6 Plus were released.
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There is a disconnect between the iPhone and Watch for alarms. This morning I got the alarm on both. I snoozed both but both alarmed again after the snooze. Then I cancelled it on one but it remained on the other so I had to cancel that independently too.
The drop shadows in Safari just suck. They are so distracting and ugly. The drop shadows scattered throughout the OS (and MacOS) just look so bad and unnecessary. Why, Apple. Why.
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