iOS 27 Beta 5 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[HackDaBox]

My indexing finished before the percentage showed up 😭

Me three

 

[brilliantthings]

Just woke up now with 80% which is normal because I have the battery limiter set to that. I did a restart and the phone somehow went up to 97%. Never seen this one before, happened on iPhone 15 plus with 92% BH.

My SE 2020 hasn't been reporting correct battery charge percentage since beta 3

 

[Artemiz]

My SE 2020 hasn't been reporting correct battery charge percentage since beta 3

Calibrate the battery

 

[one more]

After using DB5 for several days, this is my short resume:

+ LG elements look much better now, almost 3D, well done! The new icons are sleek too.

- The non-responsive uppermost section of Safari pages on iPadOS (try using the horizontal navigation bar at the top of apple.com) and non-responsive auxiliary Maps widget in CarPlay are the only two nagging issues for my setup.

 

[COBRASVT]

26.6 is actually quite good. So much so I’m thinking of staying on it when 27 releases for a few point releases.

Other than minor annoyances, 27 feels like a final release. Since B1. And I do like the new Siri.

 

[COBRASVT]

One super minor bug. Can't enable hotspot from the control center on first boot. Once it's enabled in settings, works from then on.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Anyone else have YouTube app behaving strangely on iPadOS 27 betas? Most recent and the last, when video is maximized, when minimized again the entire area below it that shows the video title, like buttons, comments, everything is just blank.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Until the under-toolbar deadzone’s fixed, in Safari at least you can try the ‘Describe Extension’ feature.

 

[Smudgelab]

I've 2 x issues, both only happened once however:

During a call, the screen blacked out completely with only the orange dot at the top to lndicate the call was still live.
Only a hard reset fixed this.
My camera froze after taking a picture then, I can only describe it as "playing catch up" whereby the view was taking a second or two to reflect what was in front of the camera.
Again, hard reset cured this but this is the very first time I've experienced either of these issues...

 

[JPi686]

My SE 2020 hasn't been reporting correct battery charge percentage since beta 3

Now the battery percentage won’t go down as I use the phone. I have to restart every time for it to update.

 

[slomtbr]

Anyone else have YouTube app behaving strangely on iPadOS 27 betas? Most recent and the last, when video is maximized, when minimized again the entire area below it that shows the video title, like buttons, comments, everything is just blank.

iPadOS 27

Talk about iPadOS 27 (2026)

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[Eksoccer99]

Peek/pop on the App Store icon to “update” apps keeps adding a shortcut icon to the home screen every time.

 

[Reeneman]

Me too, finished in a few minutes after updating DB5, but this crap is back today. Last time, the percent version of indexing broke all searching for many of us (settings app and more)

Best is to let the phone charge on a cable over night. This will bring the fastest progress with the indexing.
Mine also was gone this time after only one day, without showing a progress %.

 

[jcorbin]

Peek/pop on the App Store icon to “update” apps keeps adding a shortcut icon to the home screen every time.

This happens with any icon you Haptic Touch from the App Library.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

Hey anyone running PB, how long does this take? I’m on day 3 of this.

 

[CarAnalogy]

iPadOS 27

Talk about iPadOS 27 (2026)

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Sorry, classic forum foul. I still forget they are two different things.

 

[atton]

I'm seeing improved battery life with b5 compared to b4. I know battery life isn't the primary focus at this stage but thought it's worth reporting on.

 

[eyespy03]

Best is to let the phone charge on a cable over night. This will bring the fastest progress with the indexing.
Mine also was gone this time after only one day, without showing a progress %.

Hey anyone running PB, how long does this take? I’m on day 3 of this.
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See the message just above yours... Keep it on the charger. Cable is better but any charger. I used a MagSafe charger and in less than 24hrs, mine was gone. Never saw the %.

And if you just jumped on the beta from 26.x, this could take 1-5 days on the initial support.

 

[s2mike]

This happens with any icon you Haptic Touch from the App Library.

Yep, but only applies if those particular apps are also on your Home Screen.

So, if you have Safari on your Home Screen and long-press the Safari app in the App Library, it makes a duplicate. But if you don’t have Safari on your Home Screen, it won’t make a duplicate.

 

[s2mike]

Those used to stop appearing for me any time my phone restarted. I filed feedback a few betas ago and now, as of Beta 5, I consistently receive those notifications after phone restarts, so I closed the feedback today.

For the record, just open the Watch app, go to the Sleep section, and toggle “Charging Reminders” off and back on. I used to have to do that after every phone restart but, like I said, that seems to be fixed for me now.

Welp, I spoke too soon. The notifications still stop after the iPhone restarts. Grr.

 

[brilliantthings]

Calibrate the battery

Done that. Battery doesn't show that it's charging and updated percentage only displays after restart

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

See the message just above yours... Keep it on the charger. Cable is better but any charger. I used a MagSafe charger and in less than 24hrs, mine was gone. Never saw the %.

And if you just jumped on the beta from 26.x, this could take 1-5 days on the initial support.

Thank you for your response! Greatly appreciated.

 

[CharlieBrown-DE]

Anyone else have YouTube app behaving strangely on iPadOS 27 betas? Most recent and the last, when video is maximized, when minimized again the entire area below it that shows the video title, like buttons, comments, everything is just blank.

Delete Youtube and install it again. Solved the problem for me.

 

[Eksoccer99]

This happens with any icon you Haptic Touch from the App Library.

Didn’t use too until DB5.

 

[Eksoccer99]

Yep, but only applies if those particular apps are also on your Home Screen.

So, if you have Safari on your Home Screen and long-press the Safari app in the App Library, it makes a duplicate. But if you don’t have Safari on your Home Screen, it won’t make a duplicate.

My App Store app isn’t already on my Home Screen. Always done it from the App Library. Wasn’t doing this in previous betas.