watchOS 26 Beta Thread

[goldmac2006]

This has definitely been seen by Apple and I'm sure will be fixed in the next beta. When it says “more than 10,” that means a lot of people have actually filed a bug report.

Correct. 👍

Will plan on doing my own feedback report and link y’all’s feedback numbers on it.

FYI I’m still on watchOS 26.3 ✌️

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

I just read that watch 26.4 beta 2 dropped a couple hours ago. I'm updating now with hopes that the Siri issue is fixed.

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

I just read that watch 26.4 beta 2 dropped a couple hours ago. I'm updating now with hopes that the Siri issue is fixed.

And everything seems to be working fine again.

 

[goldmac2006]

And everything seems to be working fine again.

Thanks for letting me know about the great news—I’m so glad it’s fixed!

Have you noticed any improvements in battery life on the 26.4 beta?

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

Thanks for letting me know about the great news—I’m so glad it’s fixed!

Have you noticed any improvements in battery life on the 26.4 beta?

I have the 17 pro and haven’t seen any battery issues at all, but to be fair I’m not a power user.

 

[goldmac2006]

I have the 17 pro and haven’t seen any battery issues at all, but to be fair I’m not a power user.

Great to hear, how about your Apple Watch? Battery still lasting through the day?

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

Great to hear, how about your Apple Watch? Battery still lasting through the day?

Oh jeez, I spaced out on your question, the watch lol. Yes, it lasts all day with moderate use.

 

[goldmac2006]

Oh jeez, I spaced out on your question, the watch lol. Yes, it lasts all day with moderate use.

Great! That’s great to hear. Series please?

My series 6 is doing fine on 26.3 public release.

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

Great! That’s great to hear. Series please?

My series 6 is doing fine on 26.3 public release.

I have a Series 11 that's only a few months old and limited to 80% charge.

 

[goldmac2006]

I have a Series 11 that's only a few months old and limited to 80% charge.

👍.

I’m planning to try the 26.4 beta update on my Apple Watch ⌚️ and see if it really fixes the issue of the Siri raise to speak even when the setting is turned off.

Thanks for your help, sir. Welcome to the MacRumors club!

 

[robfoll]

"As a result of your feedback, there are changes in the latest update, build 23T5221e, that may have resolved this issue." Siri problem fixed in 26.4 beta 2. It's really important to send feedback to Apple via the Feedback app; they do read it.

 

[goldmac2006]

"As a result of your feedback, there are changes in the latest update, build 23T5221e, that may have resolved this issue." Siri problem fixed in 26.4 beta 2. It's really important to send feedback to Apple via the Feedback app; they do read it.

🔥 that’s what they did with the issues with the watchOS battery life and AirPods issues. I get notified by email whenever Apple responds to the feedback enquiries.

 

[goldmac2006]

👍.

I’m planning to try the 26.4 beta update on my Apple Watch ⌚️ and see if it really fixes the issue of the Siri raise to speak even when the setting is turned off.

Thanks for your help, sir. Welcome to the MacRumors club!

Btw I forgot to give beta 4 a try. Found that my iPhone on iOS 26.3 public release needs to be updated.

Will get that sorted ✔️

 

[goldmac2006]

Got the update.
No raise to speak Siri issue on it anymore

but y’all noticed the control center symbols got bigger?

 

[Macx69]

WatchOS 26.4 beta 3 someone?

 

[Broken Hope]

Beta 3 seems to have broken my cellular connection, says data plan not in use.

Edit

Seems to have resolved itself.

 

[southnorth]

Same happened to me, data plan disappeared then returned.

 

[southnorth]

Same happened to me, data plan disappeared then returned.

 

[southnorth]

..

 

[goldmac2006]

WatchOS 26.4 beta 3 someone?

👍 I updated to it. No more Siri issue. But funnily enough the control center icons are so big

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

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[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

WatchOS 26.4 beta 3 someone?

Got it but I don't notice anything different.

 

[Diopter]

Got the update.
No raise to speak Siri issue on it anymore

but y’all noticed the control center symbols got bigger?

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I think this is a nice improvement. I found the icons to be a bit too small on the smaller watch size, especially since the buttons are so big - better to have the icons make better use of the available space!

 

[goldmac2006]

I think this is a nice improvement. I found the icons to be a bit too small on the smaller watch size, especially since the buttons are so big - better to have the icons make better use of the available space!

Yep. Good for visibility reasons. I don’t even increase font sizes on my Apple Watch but this is helpful for me.

 

[Nikhil72]

Yep. Good for visibility reasons. I don’t even increase font sizes on my Apple Watch but this is helpful for me.

Any chance they improve the control center animation at all?