Apple dropped the sixth developer beta for iOS 26 on Monday. This new beta will probably be the very same construct that Apple releases as public beta 3 within the coming hours or days, which suggests all testers will be capable to expertise the brand new options and modifications imminently.
For the remainder of us, it is fascinating to maintain tabs on how Apple is altering issues at this level within the beta cycle. Whereas iOS 26 would not have an official launch date but, it’s going to ship someday this fall. Going off of precedent, Apple often chooses mid-to-late September for a launch date, which suggests iOS 26 could solely have one other month of beta testing or so to go.
Whereas there are not any groundbreaking options right here, there are some very fascinating modifications, most of which I hope make it by to the overall launch this fall. Here is what’s new:
New ringtones
It may appear odd for someone who retains their iPhone on silent nearly 100% of the time, however I actually love new ringtones. Early on within the iOS 26 beta cycle, Apple added a variation of the default Reflection ringtone, and, to be frank, it is nice. With beta 6, the corporate added one other 5 variations of Reflection to the combo, and they’re additionally nice:
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Whereas I like all of those, maybe the catchiest is “Dreamer.” Take heed to it in full to see what I imply. Who’s going to truly reply the cellphone when the ringtone is that this good?
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However it’s not simply the Reflection variants right here. Apple additionally added an unique ringtone with this beta referred to as Little Fowl. This one may also be a contender for me taking my cellphone off silent mode:
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One other new animation
Apple’s final iOS 26 beta additionally shipped with new animations, however this time is a bit totally different. Testers confirmed off how Apple designed home windows to attenuate into the app icon they belong to, relatively than disappear as they presently do. It is a new impact, which you’ll see within the put up under:
What do you suppose to date?
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I am additionally seeing plenty of optimistic posts on X about how “snappy” iOS 26 beta 6 feels. If that’s the case, that is unbelievable information. If all Apple does with iOS 26 is eliminate the bugs and make the entire system really feel clean and responsive, I would be blissful.
Liquid Glass modifications
Apple continues to refine Liquid Glass with this newest beta launch. The replace now provides the glassy impact to the Lock Display clock, widgets with clear backgrounds, in addition to system toggles.
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New walk-through video
Additionally new to iOS 26 beta 6 is an introductory video to among the huge modifications with Apple’s new replace. If this sticks by to public launch, iOS will stroll customers by lots of the software program’s new Liquid Glass updates:
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Digital camera’s Basic Mode toggle is gone
In beta 5, Apple added a “Basic Mode Switching” toggle to the Digital camera app’s settings. This selection let customers reverse the scroll path of the brand new Digital camera app, since some customers did not just like the change. Now, Apple eliminated the toggle, and made the Basic Mode scroll path the default to start with.
