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

[s2mike]

For whatever reason a lot of the photos and screenshots sent in text convos aren’t loading properly…

 

[Nikhil72]

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

Or they can just turn on reduce transparency.

 

[Tokenfreak]

What about notification legibility?

Notification seems to be the same and still very illegible to me. But Control center is better.

 

[ibookemo]

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

I think you actually hit the nail on the head. It's quite a simple solution, but it might be the best option. Oh dear.

 

[originalmagneto]

They definitely increased the contrast and “frostiness” of the glass. And the UI seems more responsive. It used to lag a bit after going to springboard. I’m on 15P.

 

[jdavid_rp]

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

Reduce Transparency toggle makes glass frosted, so it works for users with visual issues and people that just don’t like the new design.

 

[ttam110]

What about notification legibility?

Looks like they slightly blurred/frosted the glass. Most noticeable on now playing

 

[ibookemo]

Reduce Transparency toggle makes glass frosted, so it works for users with visual issues and people that just don’t like the new design.

It's the bevels though. When the reduce transparency option is on, the bevels look pants. Wish they were removed too.

 

[TimFL1]

Reduce Transparency toggle makes glass frosted, so it works for users with visual issues and people that just don’t like the new design.

Reduce Transparency has too many side effects to be an acceptable solution for an accessibility issue they introduced with liquid glass.

 

[upandown]

Apple correctly named the IPSW file this time for 14 Pros. 15,2.

 

[Fontvnilla]

Huge update on my 16 Pro. 5.4 GB

 

[dd93]

Layout of the tab overview in Safari was changed. New tab button is now at the bottom left like in iOS 18 instead of at the top left.

 

[hevaKmaI]

Reduce Transparency has too many side effects to be an acceptable solution for an accessibility issue they introduced with liquid glass.

File bugs on them, Apple prides themselves on Accessibility...they should be addressing these especially in the beta phase.

 

[Daku93]

It's the bevels though. When the reduce transparency option is on, the bevels look pants. Wish they were removed too.

Also reduce transparency reduces or removes transparency everywhere by a lot. This is not really desirable. Some transparency is nice, too much is not. Getting to chose between a lot of transparency or nearly none at all is not what I want.

 

[Rogifan]

I see people saying transparency was fixed. But isn’t it possible this is always the way it was in beta 2 and beta 1 was just what they could get out the door in time for WWDC?

 

[chap2627]

My camera still crashes several seconds after rotating to landscape.

I'm still unable to finish pairing my apple watch after an unpairing and reset of the watch on beta 1. The watch app hangs on the screen when saying Cellular is ready and hitting Continue, than crashes and the watch goes through a reset.

 

[slomtbr]

Apple correctly named the IPSW file this time for 14 Pros. 15,2.

Also, with b1, when I tried to install the IPSW over my updated phone, I would get a firmware incompatibility error.
All's well with the IPSW b2 install - so far.

 

[Cicada101]

There’s a new night mode in the camera on the 16 Pro Max

 

[MrRom92]

Any word yet on the Safari background tab bug?

 

[lancastor]

Still very sluggish on a iPhone 13 Pro Max.

 

[LutzRFrank]

What about notification legibility?

Much better in my eyes

 

[Tokenfreak]

Still very sluggish on a iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Same on 15 Pro Max, but it is better then B1.

 

[dahauss]

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.

Looks like it has NOT been resolved in B2. I just reported it AGAIN using the feedback app.

 

[desh.iit]

New widget background for two / need same for all widgets

 

[vince085]

On 16PM is as sluggish as beta 1 rev.