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iOS 26 Speculation Thread
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Looks like MacRumor's Juli Clover is all over it; she's dropped articles on two different features, so far. We'll probably need to keep an eye on the Front Page to keep up.
(Not exactly exciting... looks like those two are just EU DMA compliance stuff. Hopefully there's more to discover.)
Chance, sure there is always a chance. But it’s like a 5% chance based on past history. Most likely nothing further till after the first of the year.
There's a much better chance that beta 2 doesn't come until the week of January 5th.. There's a reason most folks tend to stay away from the betas (especially a 'beta 1') during the holidays 😉
26.1 is no longer being signed
26.2.1 could be around the corner
26.2.1 could be around the corner
I wouldn’t expect anything at all within the next 2 weeks, and maybe even 3. It is not like they have a build ready and just click the release button when they come back from the holidays.
Next week will be interesting to see if anything comes out. I would say almost zero chance, but normally they it seems their is two versions of iOS in play and when one stops getting signed a update isn't far behind. This could also setup things for right away when they return as well.
How do we come to this conclusion?
Doesn't Apple usually stop signing the previous version one week after a new release? Today marks one week since 26.2 has been released.
We’re not getting anything next week, Apple corporate employees are off for the week.
Beta 2 better come today.
This CarPlay BS has already wrecked my 2025 Rewind, having to wait til next year to listen to music and drive safely is unacceptable.
Maybe try some troubleshooting, I haven’t had any issues on mine with CarPlay, so maybe it’s an error from the install or something? I wish I could be more helpful, but maybe a reinstall would fix the issue?
Guessing a new beta would not arrive until Jan 6th 2026, happy holidays y’all.
Yeah, I agree, they usually don’t release new betas in this stretch. 👍🏻
Merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄👍🏻
Although I agree it's unacceptable, as I'm in the same boat, don't expect any sort of updates this week...
Gank41 and I have tried about everything as this started hitting us in the 26.2 betas.
I apparently don’t learn from my mistakes.
Yeah, a few people here in the forums where I’ve 3 Feedback #’s filed for this, one actually acknowledged that “more than 10” are impacted.
Plenty of troubleshooting has been done. For me it’s 4 model phones across 3 cars.
But as for speculation about the next release, I’d be surprised if anything comes before Monday January 5th…
I'm surprised you're still having the CarPlay issues. I was super impacted but when I upgraded to iOS 26.2 Final they all resolved. They were still there up to the first release candidate. I do hope Apple figures it out for you - it was a very frustrating few months until mine got fixed.
Very bummed that we are unlikely to see any beta for the next 2 weeks. 26.2 brought cellular connectivity to my watch with my carrier, the next day 26.3 public beta releases with no indications in the release notes that it would remove it... so now two weeks without cellular 