iOS 26 Speculation Thread

[Reeneman]

does using the 26 SDK guarantee to use 26 UI? (Floating tabs/keyboard)

Not the UI, devs can opt out, which is fine. Some apps having a pretty good custom UI.
But at least the new keyboard will be active with the new SDK.

 

[nortonandreev]

I guess vibe coding is not really improving productivity 🤫

 

[Kylo83]

Not the UI, devs can opt out, which is fine. Some apps having a pretty good custom UI.
But at least the new keyboard will be active with the new SDK.

Most apps don’t even have Liquid Glass yet or sky news UK app doesn’t even have a dark icon after all these years, Apple should force every app to have a dark icon by now

 

[yeahtyeaht]

Seems like no RC this week. My guess is they going to release it on Monday and release the final a few days later in the same week

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

See you all next week!

 

[Tim Jobs the 2nd]

Seems like no RC this week. My guess is they going to release it on Monday and release the final a few days later in the same week

See you all next week!

Besides today not being over, did Thursday go extinct?

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Besides today not being over, did Thursday go extinct?

Today is not over, but highly unlikely. Tomorrow or Friday I wouldn’t consider a possibility at this stage of the beta cycle.

 

[furbzv1]

4PM.

 

[Broken Hope]

26.3 is such an odd beta release.

 

[Reeneman]

Most apps don’t even have Liquid Glass yet or sky news UK app doesn’t even have a dark icon after all these years, Apple should force every app to have a dark icon by now

A dark icon is applied automatically by the OS. If the company/devs are fine with the result then it’s ok. Probably they don’t care that much.
And with the SDK of iOS 26 it’s not mandatory to implement Liquid Glass, which is fine. Not every app needs to look the same. For me it’s just important that we have the new keyboard over all apps.

 

[john991]

26.3 is such an odd beta release.

Maybe just maybe there ain’t going to be a 26.3…. (Joking of course) 26.4 which everyone wants.

 

[christian.terra]

A dark icon is applied automatically by the OS. If the company/devs are fine with the result then it’s ok. Probably they don’t care that much.
And with the SDK of iOS 26 it’s not mandatory to implement Liquid Glass, which is fine. Not every app needs to look the same. For me it’s just important that we have the new keyboard over all apps.

it’s automatically applied but not in folders for some reason. If the app doesn’t have a dark icon and it’s in a folder, you’ll see the light icon until you open the folder.

 

[GreaTskY_PL]

See You tomorrow 😅

 

[vtboyarc]

Here’s a thought: might they release the minor update today or tomorrow, and skip 26.3 and go right into 26.4 beta next? My thought on this is they are probably all hands on deck working on 26.4…
Thoughts?

Still wondering this. Even tho people blasted me on here for suggesting it

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

Still wondering this. Even tho people blasted me on here for suggesting it

At this point everything is possible, but that would be highly unlikely. That has never happened before and can’t see why Apple would suddenly ditch an update.

 

[yeahtyeaht]

Still wondering this. Even tho people blasted me on here for suggesting it

Sorry but that doesn't make any sense. They just released a beta last week. 26.3 is coming 1000%, we just don't know when

 

[one more]

Here’s a thought: might they release the minor update today or tomorrow, and skip 26.3 and go right into 26.4 beta next? My thought on this is they are probably all hands on deck working on 26.4…
Thoughts?

What is the point of this, considering iOS 26.3 is a “minor update” anyway?

 

[Stuipdboy1000]

What is the point of this, considering iOS 26.3 is a “minor update” anyway?

I can’t remember where I read it, I’ll need to go digging, but apparently a lot of the behind the scenes work for “new Siri” are in this update.

 

[vtboyarc]

What is the point of this, considering iOS 26.3 is a “minor update” anyway?

Yeah

 

[RichP74]

With 26.2.1 being reported as a **** show by national media, I was really expecting them to accelerate 26.3. Which, I haven't had any of the reported issues myself, but if I did I'd be calling Apple daily!!

 

[dannyyankou]

With 26.2.1 being reported as a **** show by national media, I was really expecting them to accelerate 26.3. Which, I haven't had any of the reported issues myself, but if I did I'd be calling Apple daily!!

I’m guessing 26.3 has some of the same issues as 26.2.1. That could explain the longer wait.

 

[Stuipdboy1000]

RC is out. Build 23D125.

 

[christian.terra]

No rhyme or reason with this release schedule anymore lol glad it’s here.

 

[yukari]

I just check and was very pleasantly surprised!

 

[kvlq]

26.3 RC is out !!! 8.6gb on my 17P.