When Apple introduced iOS 26 at WWDC in June, builders (or anybody with a developer account) have been in a position to dive proper in and check out all the brand new options. The remainder of the iPhone inhabitants had two choices: wait till September for the total launch or obtain the general public beta in July.
It’s been July for over a fortnight now, and we’re nonetheless ready for the public beta to reach. Nonetheless, the wait may not be for much longer. In a reply to a put up about iOS 26 by journalist and developer Parker Ortolani, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reviews that the iOS 26 Public Beta will arrive “across the twenty third,” or in a few week. The opposite public betas (macOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and many others.) will probably arrive the identical day.
It’s not clear whether or not there’s a delay within the launch of the general public beta or if Apple’s plan are simply completely different this 12 months. Apple typically releases the iOS public beta in mid-July, which ought to have been this week:
- iOS 18: Monday, July 15
- iOS 17: Wednesday, July 12
- iOS 16: Tuesday, July 12
- iOS 15: Wednesday, June 30
- iOS 14: Thursday, July 9
iOS 26 brings a number of new options to the iPhone, together with the Liquid Glass interface, a brand new Telephone app, most popular routes and visited locations in Maps, and polls and backgrounds in Messages.
To check the general public beta, you may enroll at Apple’s Beta web site and activate iOS 26 Public Beta updates within the Software program Replace tab in Settings.
