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Installing the Latest iOS 26 Public Beta? Here's My Honest Advice About Waiting

AUG 7 – The update introduces the Liquid Glass design and multiple functional enhancements, with public beta testing enabling user feedback before the final release in fall 2025.

  • Apple rolled out the second public beta of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 two weeks after the first public betas, following the fifth developer betas.
  • After shipping four developer betas instead of three, Apple met its self-imposed July deadline and launched the public beta last month.
  • Apple’s iOS 26 public beta 2 introduces Liquid Glass giving apps a translucent look and system-wide Live Translation in Messages, Phone, and FaceTime.
  • IOS 26 supports devices back to the iPhone 11 but drops support for the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, according to Apple.
  • Apple plans to release iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 in September, with features still being refined in betas ahead of the September–October launch window.
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Apple continues to fine-tune the next major version of its mobile operating system. The public beta 2 of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 is now available for all users enrolled in the test program. This update takes up the new features already visible in the beta developer 5, while adding some visual and functional adjustments that [...] Read more iOS 26 public beta 2: smoother animations, fine-tuned interface and new options appeared first on BlogNT: the …

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