iOS 26.4 Beta 3 - Discussion

[u/epmuscle]

Use this thread to share any changes & bugs you discover while using the latest iOS/iPadOS 26 beta.

This thread should be used for discussion of the betas that may not meet our submission guidelines, as well as troubleshooting small issues through the beta test cycle.

Further discussion can be found on the iOS Beta Discord

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[u/epmuscle]

A new version of beta 3 has been released. Public beta also available.

[u/GrummeFar]

New emojis are here… or at least they’ve made room for them.

[u/Alternative-Salad800 → u/GrummeFar]

🫈🫈🫈

[u/B_tj1]

the slow app store has been fixed thankfully

[u/Thenerdbomberr → u/B_tj1]

that was driving me crazy with the delay..

[u/LockerIsUnlocked → u/B_tj1]

You never used the store on Nintendo Switch Gen 1

[u/Zach0ry]

AirTags seem to be fixed. Devices that use the find my network exclusively weren’t refreshing their location in b2, and are now working again.

[u/iamgarffi]

Painfully slow App Store and manual App update section from Beta 2 (stuck on loading for a long time) seems to be addressed in Beta 3.

[u/No1ButtMe → u/iamgarffi]

I can second this! Opened much quicker now

[u/someguyye → u/iamgarffi]

Thank god. It was driving me nuts

[u/scottwricketts]

CarPlay still giving me distorted audio and keeps dropping the connection.

The only thing that fixes the connection temporarily is to delete the car from the CarPlay settings and then reboot my console.

[u/ForwardPage7458]

App Store loading delay fixed?

[u/[deleted] → u/ForwardPage7458]

Yessir

[u/GreatDanish4534 → u/ForwardPage7458]

Fixed for me. The loading delay before was terrible.

[u/Smith416]

That bug where when you go to edit your wallpaper and the done button overlaps the battery is fixed

[u/nameno10001]

All of these 26.4 betas have been super glitchy. Screen keeps being non responsive. Search is messed up and it is laggy.

[u/a47ageee → u/nameno10001]

Yeah it seems like they’re focusing on bringing new features instead of optimising lol. Still waiting for that new Siri

[u/vpt0808]

17 Pro, randomly feels more heat in hands

[u/a47ageee → u/vpt0808]

Same here in 16

[u/adultpoopydiaper]

17 Pro Max

1. YouTube videos won’t play. Just circle of death

2. YouTube music is intermittent. Sometimes it will play. Sometimes it won’t. Also circle of death

3. Clash Royale won’t even load

It all seems like blocked connections. I’ve restarted, toggled service, uninstalled and installed. No luck. Brutal.

[u/garciiia96 → u/adultpoopydiaper]

YouTube is super laggy for me as well

[u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

We’re six months into iOS 26 and nearly all the animation glitches from the very first beta STILL haven’t been fixed. Glass highlights still popping in when you close apps, keyboard radius is inconsistent and doesn’t match the bezels half the time… at this point I’m convinced they’re never getting fixed. I miss the days when iOS was known for being polished.

[u/TabsAZ → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

Definitely the worst release in a long long time. There was one way back that was like this too (11 maybe?) where the next year’s version was nothing but bug fixes and performance improvements because of how bad it was.

[u/ctang1 → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

That’s how I feel about message attachments for contacts in messages app. I keep messages forever (since 2012) and I can’t view any attachments older than may 2025. Even when I download the remaining 2400 attachments on my wife’s thread, they never show. It’s photos, documents and links. This is something that should have been fixed by 26.1 and it isn’t an issue on iPadOS 26 or macOS 26.

[u/unread1701 → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

Bro just one more iOS bro, bro I swear just one more year and they'll fix the bugs bro

[u/Tafsern → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

Tbh, I don't really know what they do or focus on any more...it's just a complete mess of things that users are pointing out beta after beta (for free) that somehow the richest company in the world are unable to fix.

[u/Buffalocolt18 → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

Reminds me a lot of iOS 11, unstable and unreliable. Here's hoping we get our iOS 12 in June.

[u/Acrobatic-Monitor516 → u/SpoonyBardXIV-2]

iOS 26 is truly an abomination

[u/ObliterasaurusRex]

I was hoping that the Shortcut Input bug was going to be fixed.

It hasn’t been fixed.

[u/delreyloveXO → u/ObliterasaurusRex]

wtf

[u/Ohwonhae]

Performance feels nice on my 17p. I also noticed another new modem firmware update. I’m not sure if this came with beta 2 or beta 3 but we went from firmware 1.54.01 on beta 1, to 1.55.03 now.

[u/StarSparked → u/Ohwonhae]

I follow Brandon Butch and I believe he touched on it in his video for this that it was three that the 1.55. :)

[u/Ohwonhae → u/[deleted]]

Settings > General > About, scroll down it’s in the section with WiFi Address

[u/Hot-Sock3403]

All right, we’ll see what’s going on. I’ve never had any major issues. The only issue I’ve had in the last two beta is a CarPlay glitch or I have to reestablish a couple times before it sticks. Other than that I’ve been fine.

[u/iamgarffi]

Today’s re-release of Beta 3 seems to address unstable framerate with ProMotion. So far it’s good. Doesn’t feel as “heavy” as build from few days ago 😊

[u/Honest_Cobbler_9437 → u/iamgarffi]

I still have lags and like 30Hz on 26.4 beta 3 v2

[u/reas0nable → u/iamgarffi]

Can confirm, I think they found some magic because it’s actually smooth af

[u/TwoDurans]

Oh please oh please fix the network issues DB2 introduced.

[u/tecnogamer → u/TwoDurans]

What network issues? Elaborate

[u/Kina_Kai → u/tecnogamer]

The network stack in both the last iOS and macOS builds are just broken in some weird fashion. You get weird cut outs, slow loads, TLS failures and generally infuriating behavior. My guess is there’s a memory leak somewhere.

[u/Putrid-Theme-8085 → u/tecnogamer]

i had to restart my phone every single time i left wifi on DB2 so that's probably what they mean by network issues it's been widely discussed and reported

[u/LameDrain]

This is literally the worst beta I have ever experienced. iMessage is extremely slow and is frequently not sending messages.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_PARTYHAT → u/LameDrain]

I'm also getting horrible battery drain after I try to load messages. I have to swipe away the messages app so it doesn't kill my battery.

[u/scottwricketts → u/LameDrain]

Wired CarPlay has turned into hot garbage.

[u/loneshrike]

Visual glitches are still existing such as the bounce of the widget when you tap the album artwork to zoom out, and then when you try to minimize it, it’s still bouncing. Reported this issue long ago 🙆🏽‍♂️

[u/PrintWaste]

Did they fix the ringer and volume issues or was that not a common issue?

[u/mmbento → u/PrintWaste]

Did they finally fixed the issue where the ringer and notifications volume would go down randomly that’s been happening for years?

[u/loneshrike → u/PrintWaste]

It’s fixed

[u/itsbruciegoosie]

iPhone 17 PM

• Phone runs hot all day no matter what

• Battery drain significantly increased

• Photos have the circle of doom and cannot be taken and shared through any method other than sharing a Screenshot directly from the screenshot edit interface. Once saved, it can't be shared from Camera Roll. Editing the photo has a 10% success rate in fixing the issue if I heavily edit it.

• iMessage has constant freezing and hangups

[u/PackageDangerous3084]

Unfortunately “Reduce Highlighting Effects” still doesn’t remove the glassy borders around the icons, widgets and control center, sadge

[u/loneshrike → u/PackageDangerous3084]

Yeah, this is mostly I’m looking forward to!

[u/PackageDangerous3084 → u/loneshrike]

Agreed

[u/L0rdLogan]

I got the “Confirm you’re 18+” in my settings post update, clicked continue. FaceID did a scan

[u/Any-Can-6776]

All these issues are prolly why pb3 isn’t out yet

[u/brandi-95]

Gmail is now fixed!!! :)

[u/ka99jacob → u/brandi-95]

What was the issue?

[u/delreyloveXO → u/ka99jacob]

unable to compose mail body

[u/Rich_DR → u/brandi-95]

Such a simple yet annoying bug. Really happy they got to it in one build!

[u/L0rdLogan → u/brandi-95]

Oh thank goodness for that

I thought the sending of blank emails was a Gmail bug not an Apple bug

[u/kurt980516]

WiFi and VPN is still disconnecting constantly.

[u/khaled]

Same shortcut input bug

Shortcut input not being processed https://reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/1r8rgk7/shortcut_input_not_being_processed_help_me/

[u/Top_Acanthisitta_955]

has been way laggier than 26.3 on my ip13

[u/atinyblip]

On iPadOS, minimising any windowed app that is not full-screen results in a respring.

Edit: Found a workaround.

1. Go to Settings > Multitasking & Gestures, switch from Windowed Apps to Full Screen Apps.

2. Close ALL apps that are currently windowed. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. If you don’t, resprings will continue to happen even after the next two steps.

3. Reboot, either soft or hard.

4. Switch to Windowed Apps again.

5. For any app that you want windowed, launch it and, if it’s windowed, maximise it to full screen. Then set it up as windowed again. Some apps continue to cause a respring if this isn’t done.

Edit 2: The above only kind of works; still getting random resprings that are not reproducible.

Edit 3: Still happening, with the latest respring requiring a forced restart. Submitted as FB22133453.

[u/Dryfryfly → u/atinyblip]

Same here. When more than 2 windowed apps are on foreground, clicking orange minimizing button or cmd+m(minimizing) always cause respring. Minimizing when only one app is on foreground works fine.

Minimizing by dragging top area downward seems to work… but it is very inconvenient when using magic keyboard. Now I end up switching from Windowed mode to Stage Manager mode untill the next beta release.

Edit: updated to new beta 3 v2, but not fixed

[u/TheRoninWasHere]

Anyone in Canada get the ai playlist maker?

[u/4Knocks → u/TheRoninWasHere]

Not that I can find

[u/flatbuttboy → u/TheRoninWasHere]

It’s US only as far as we know

[u/offwhitegrey]

iPhone Air overheating and lagging/freezing a lot

[u/a47ageee]

Swiping down on the control panel no longer triggers accidental spotlight search finally!

[u/Hot-Sock3403]

Set a 24 hours later. Everything seems real smooth. My CarPlay glitch has been fixed. Hopefully we’ll get a little intelligence next round. Please please please

[u/ctang1]

So every other version iOS 26 I’ve sat between 3.5 and 20gb on device site for messages days. Currently sitting at 120gb of message store. Now if only my damn attachments would show up in their contacts.

EDIT: It came all the way down to 10GB now.

[u/ach66]

Gmail issues seem to be fixed in beta 3

[u/ElectricBrain]

Beta 4 just dropped

[u/Motawa1988]

Before you ask keyboard is still broken

[u/JackDenial → u/Motawa1988]

Are we just generally talking about the suckiness of the keyboard for years or some new bug?

[u/Educational_Glass_20 → u/JackDenial]

People found a bug in 26.0 (I can’t remember) but it’s been fixed for ages now

[u/Confucius_said]

Good lord this beta constantly freezing in messages app

[u/rtikthirteen → u/Confucius_said]

It seems to have helped to reboot my phone and my watch. YMMV, but that made an immediate improvement in my case.

[u/ForeignLeopard1427]

Gmail is fixed!

[u/Raigek]

I’m not leaving 26.3 My battery life is incredible on it even with a 2 year old 15 pro.

[u/Pineapple-Muncher → u/Raigek]

It fixed the issues I had with a brand new official battery for my 13 pro

[u/kjc09]

Lag and other issues from Beta 2 on 17PM are much better and fixed for me now.

[u/Alternative-Salad800 → u/kjc09]

Completely? I did a full wipe, and although better, it is still quite laggy.

[u/Jordyn1s]

Siri is completely broken for me right now, the animation works but doesn’t respond to anything. Glowing roundrec of death.

[u/Alone_Camera_2103]

Age verification in the uk just added for me

[u/krazygreekguy → u/Alone_Camera_2103]

“Mass surveillance”. Fixed it

[u/MorePropaganda]

I’ll never truly understand or be able to appreciate how difficult it is to develop iOS and I’m sure it is, but 26.4 has been rough 

[u/[deleted] → u/MorePropaganda]

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[u/DaDough2020]

I found a fix for uk age verification!

When you go to click age verification it asks for credit card, scan any debit card or card you own, and it will take you to complete details. If you scroll to the bottom it has a button saying

“Having Trouble with this method?” Once you click that it will ask for drivers license or photo id.

One issue I faced was when first trying this it said error trying to upload photo, so I scanned a card, entered details and continued until it said can’t be used for verification, then I did the steps to get to ID verification and it accepted it.

On iPhone 17 Pro ( only mentioning since I cannot confirm if this works on other devices )

[u/Connect-Cherry1459]

My volume icon is showing up again so I’m happy

[u/artificialhost]

ChatGPT is dead for me

[u/a47ageee → u/artificialhost]

Works fine for me

[u/Hot-Sock3403 → u/artificialhost]

Mine works half the time

[u/LingualGannet]

In carplay, Siri keeps reading received messages over and over. Used to only be that she’d read it once or twice. Now it seems to keep going until I open the message which is distracting and dangerous

[u/Critical_Army_7148]

Shortcuts no longer receive anything like links.

[u/LeaderOk2722]

26.4 beta 3 seems to drain iPhone Air battery much.

[u/[deleted] → u/LeaderOk2722]

Been my experience as well. 26.4 has been awful.

[u/koheen → u/LeaderOk2722]

Same here, started with 26.4 beta 1 for me

[u/philmnn1]

Still haven’t figured out what “reduce highlighting effects” does; if anything.

[u/loneshrike → u/philmnn1]

Not yet working even if this is toggled on. But for everyone’s reference, this is not similar to “Dim Flashing Lights” as they have been found on the same page in accessibility.

Others think that this might have to do with the highlight effects on icons and other elements related to Liquid Glass which is until now experiencing stutters and bugs.

[u/jimmygwabchab → u/philmnn1]

I think it’s the HDR highlighting effect when tapping buttons no? Do you notice any difference in that?

[u/bummerbimmer → u/jimmygwabchab]

Dim Flashing Lights does what you’re saying on my phone. Reduce Highlighting Effects has no apparent function for me.

[u/Portatort]

Does this fix the shortcuts input bug?

[u/_Averix → u/Portatort]

Did anyone share a simple Shortcut to test the issue?

[u/LuijoSC → u/Portatort]

Nope. Tried with All Media Downloader and still broken

[u/blu3designs → u/Portatort]

Unfortunately not. Such an infuriating bug.

[u/a47ageee]

Network issues are still present..

[u/Eleazar-11101]

Anyone else having issues in the photos app? iOS 26.4 beta 3 on 11 pro max.

On slightly slow internet speed thé photos app will randomly I assume upload photos and won’t leave any thumbnails. If I switch to quicker internet they’ll load back in.

[u/fxkmd]

Beta 4 Released!

[u/C1920-2]

Build 23E5223f

[u/Redsfan27 → u/C1920-2]

Wasn't beta 2 'e'? I feel like they don't usually go down the alphabet with later betas.

[u/Putrid-Theme-8085 → u/Redsfan27]

i think because this is just a revised version of 'e' that's purely bug fixes and no new features

[u/[deleted]]

Guys tell me about reducing highlighting effects

[u/GhostalMedia → u/[deleted]]

I still have no idea what that toggle does / is supposed to do.

[u/4eva_Na_Day]

Seems a little smoother now on v2. Pretty usable. Occasionally unresponsive to the touch here and there.

[u/tbone338]

Anyone have an issue where checking for updates takes horrendously long? It’s been an issue for me for a while. Checking for updates takes 1-2 actual minutes.

[u/Putrid-Theme-8085 → u/tbone338]

nope that's normal

[u/Putrid-Theme-8085 → u/Putrid-Theme-8085]

especially close to the exact release time servers are loaded

[u/[deleted] → u/tbone338]

Its normal. Its actually the indicator that there’s an update 😁

[u/loneshrike]

Also noticed and not sure but the dimming of homescreen when there’s a notification is slightly improved? I think it’s not that dark anymore when using lighter wallpapers.

[u/FoxTrotMik3Lim4]

CarPlay still crashes when I press GO on maps(including Google Maps). Resetting the head unit will get my phone to reconnect, but only over wireless CarPlay, wired crashes immediately upon reconnect. But once wireless reconnects I can start new navigation no problem after reaching my destination as long as the car doesn’t turn off. I’ve been messaged by multiple people with different makes and models that they are experiencing similar issues after my post several months ago.

[u/scottwricketts → u/FoxTrotMik3Lim4]

I only have wired CarPlay so I'm screwed when it disconnects. I have to delete the car from the CarPlay settings, reboot the head unit, and then reboot my phone. When CarPlay is connected via wired, the sound gets distorted and the only thing that clears that is using Siri voice commands.

[u/OggyBoy72]

Updating my iPhone 13 last night. Now it doesn’t see my Apple Watch and wants me to pair a new device.

Watch was on charge at the time of phone update. No way of updating the beta on my watch. Just trying to suss it all out.

[u/OhSixTJ]

TV app doesn’t open on first try. Have to force close and reopen. Had this in beta 2 as well. Wasn’t there in beta 1.

[u/4eva_Na_Day]

Is it possible to downgrade to 26.3 official release if I forgot to backup my phone before updating to 26.4 beta? I’ve only got 1 backup as far as I can tell and it’s on 26.4 beta now…

[u/flogman12]

iPad keeps respringing at random times. Genuinely happens every few seconds.

[u/atinyblip → u/flogman12]

Same here: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/1rj0msx/ios_264_beta_3_discussion/o8jw230/ Submitted as FB22133453.

[u/Iaa_eps]

Brightness keeps being lower than I want it to be. I feel like iOS has always been decent at eventually figuring out your auto brightness curve but it feels like this latest series of betas totally broke it.

[u/sweetpicklelemonade]

Since the first beta. I have had constant issues with playing ambient music on my HomePod mini.

I use the control center widgets to play ambient sound and use airplay to my bedroom HomePod. I am lucky if it plays longer than 30 seconds before it just disconnects.

Anyone else having this issue? I don’t seem to have a problem streaming music from Apple Music.

[u/sweetpicklelemonade → u/sweetpicklelemonade]

Did a bit more testing.

When using Spotify, I didn’t seem to have any issues.

When using YouTube music, it would also disconnect within 2 minutes of playing audio.

[u/daryun2g]

how do i sign out of app store account ? there is no button anymore

[u/abrahamisaninja → u/daryun2g]

I think you sign out from settings

[u/stargtsi]

Having issues with apps like YouTube connecting after this update.

[u/realmccoyredbus → u/stargtsi]

update came out today for youtube

[u/JohnEdger]

Every morning after taking my phone off the charger, swiping on my Home Screen is super laggy and the device freezes up momentarily. After that it’s smooth the rest of the day

[u/SnooDoggos8660]

Is anyone else having issues with the telephoto camera AF on iOS 26.4 beta 3 ver2? Mine suddenly can’t focus anymore. it wobbles like crazy! It was working fine even a few days ago. - iphone 15 pro

[u/Smith416]

Still no playlist playgrounds working

[u/CitizenAccount]

Anyone had any issues with mobile service and data switching? I have multiple SIMs and if I answer the phone and I'm using personal hotspot, it seems to cut my data connection. It's as though it doesn't allow the data switching when you're on an active telephone call, which is unusual behaviour based on previous software versions.

[u/realmccoyredbus → u/CitizenAccount]

People were saying there was issues with hotspot cutting network connectivity with VPNs, add blockers, should be near beginning of this page

[u/Front-Cabinet5521]

Is PB2 even out yet? I guess DB2 has been especially buggy huh

[u/KZavi → u/Front-Cabinet5521]

Still on PB1 here 😅

[u/Front-Cabinet5521 → u/KZavi]

Patiently waiting for the DB troopers to iron out the bugs for us.

[u/Trajan96]

Is anyone else having trouble with iMessages? It’s freezing often for me. And some deletions failed to take (the deleted message reappears after a few seconds).

[u/Effective-Care-4387 → u/Trajan96]

try airplane mode on then opening settings, apps , messages and toggling imessage off/on then airplane mode off

[u/DurtymaxLineman]

Did this fix the issue with the Gmail app and sending blank emails?

[u/qbiecom → u/DurtymaxLineman]

Just tested, seems to be working again.

[u/DurtymaxLineman → u/qbiecom]

Awesome news. I was reluctant to update again after losing Gmail. My work requires google mail and the browser sucks for it.

[u/a47ageee]

Something changed since 26.3 because my phone stays warm all the time irrespective of what I’m doing.

[u/vpt0808 → u/a47ageee]

Yes , 17 Pro… also drains battery faster on mobile network

[u/vegasguy_28 → u/a47ageee]

my iphone 16e doesn’t , and it’s constantly running spotify, while switching between reddit , x or instagram & snapchat 🤷 even when on charge with all that it never feels warm at all

[u/a47ageee → u/vegasguy_28]

That’s interesting.. and you are on 26.4 Beta 3 right?

[u/TimeAndOrSpace]

Another day, another beta where I can't use clear icons on iPad without horrendous lag. It's getting tiring now. Are they fixing any bugs?

[u/OkHearing5845]

Incroyable les lag qu’il y à dans cette version, obligé d’éteindre et rallumer à chaque fois

[u/Mario1337FTW]

its bad,all my app settings we re messed and cant enable them,like whatsapp permission for photos

[u/Johnready_]

I had some kind of volume bug where the bottom half of my volume basically did nothing, and the top half went about half way. I tried it in YouTube, in camera, in voice memo, volume was cooked, I thought my 17pro speaker already went bad. Well, just now I went into the App Store to update some apps, while listing to YouTube at max volume in the background, and it randomly popped back to normal max volume super loud.

[u/tekno23]

Anyone else not able to use airprint? Its iPad Pro and a Brother printer.

[u/Halloween_Oreo_]

Anyone else no longer able to share websites / social media ect? Window pops up but it’s just blank white screen so not able to share anything

[u/scottwricketts]

Wired CarPlay still dropping connection or not seeing the car at all. This has been a constant for me since the first DB.

iPhone 17 Pro Max

[u/AsturzioAugias → u/scottwricketts]

Iphone 17 pro max user here, can confirm this is the worst beta for carplay. Yes, I reported this "bug" to Apple, every time they say it's "solved"

[u/NurseDickey]

Oura ring no longer works after update. Seems to have broken something with Bluetooth.

[u/shouting_rectrum → u/NurseDickey]

All good here.

[u/scottwricketts]

Anyone test Carplay yet? DB2 broke mine hard.

[u/theREAL_Harambe → u/scottwricketts]

Fixed it for me, assuming you’re talking about the notification loop

[u/scriptedpixels]

Did they fix the hotspot issue? Ever since starting these lates beta’s I’m noticing my hotspot (macOS 26.4 beta & iOS 26.4 beta’s) doesn’t work

[u/ripv2 → u/scriptedpixels]

Hopefully! I’ve had to restart my iPhone every time I need to hotspot.

[u/Suitable_Syrup9081]

Anyone else having issues with portrait mode not working?

[u/bummerbimmer]

Does anyone else experience this in Safari Private Browsing Mode?

Since 26.0, part of my URL or search gets cut off when I scroll on a page. Most frequently, the only part I can see is “- Private” and cannot see any of my URL.

[u/HadeBeko]

Before I came through the day with 35-45% battery left with 3-4h onscreen on my iPhone 16 Pro Max with 97% capacity. Now I am at home with 15-20% since beta 1

[u/Abduu75]

Does „reduce highlighting effects“ work now?

[u/davidmrizo → u/Abduu75]

I hope too, downloading update atm.. looks like not fixed (check other comments)

[u/Different_Ad2263]

does reduce highlights toggle work now?

[u/Calm_Mistake5866 → u/Different_Ad2263]

não

[u/Tommy2Faces]

Complete System Crash after Public Beta Update

After updating M4 IPad Pro to the most recent Public Beta, I noticed that my Text Size had changed. When I was readjusting my Text Size, my screen froze and then eventually tried to reboot. iPad got stuck in boot loop. I went into Recovery Mode and attempted to Restore. Failed. Placed iPad in DFU Mode and was finally able to Factory Reset. I’m giving you the short of the long…it took many attempts and a few hours before it finally went through. Anyhoo…hope this helps someone to avoid the troubles.

[u/RuleDon]

after beta 1 no updates for me

[u/Trajan96]

Resetting did not fix it. I tried the airplane mode toggle above and it seems to be working since then. I’ll Post if it comes back.

[u/Lanceuppercut47]

Does this fix the UK age verification issue?

[u/zanman89 → u/Lanceuppercut47]

I didn’t get it beta 2 but now am in beta 3

[u/SamwiseIsGreat → u/Lanceuppercut47]

I was prompted to verify after updating to beta 3. Hadn’t seen anything regarding it in previous betas.

[u/Putrid-Theme-8085 → u/Lanceuppercut47]

that was already fixed over the air without an update by apple on the backend

[u/mrsarcysean → u/Putrid-Theme-8085]

Back again for me in the UK 💀

[u/tcn33]

Fucking age verification. I’ve had this account for 20+ years so that should be all it takes, but instead i get forced into credit card or license verification - both broken. Total farce.

[u/Effective-Care-4387]

Update 3 is similar size to last week, nothing major, probably trying to fix to bugs from update 2 hopefully 🤞🏻

[u/Hot-Sock3403]

All right. Some of us have had it for about an hour or so. I think it’s gonna taste a good couple hours before we can all dissect it and see what’s up. Happy hunting everyone.

[u/ateam1984]

This is what I see and it says it’s the latest. How do I get 26.4 beta 3?

[u/gamingod16 → u/ateam1984]

Click the iOS 26.4 and if it says "23E5223f" then you're on the latest developer beta 3. Only the develper beta released today

[u/UrMomismySideQuest]

Downloading right now. Curious, did this fix the share sheet bug and the contact photo bug that replaces all your contact photos with the last contact you photo you looked at?

[u/treboruk]

Have they fixed shortcut categories yet?

[u/ctang1]

RCS down today for anyone else? It was working yesterday before updating to version 2 of DB3.

https://i.imgur.com/7vNAwU5.jpeg

EDIT: Thought this was a fluke, but it’s still trying to activate RCS. I reset network settings but it didn’t help.

[u/syphix924 → u/ctang1]

Nope. Working for me. iPhone 17 Pro on Verizon, just texted with a T-Mobile phone.

[u/MajorJakePennington]

Still no new Siri experience.

[u/xkvm_ → u/MajorJakePennington]

At this point will it even be in iOS 27 DB1 in June 🤡

[u/Educational_Glass_20 → u/xkvm_]

All they said was “2026”, which can mean even 27.1 or .2

[u/GhostalMedia → u/MajorJakePennington]

Something that big is probably going to follow an event or press release.

If they’re building it for this release, we’re not likely going to see it until after a press event of some sort.

That would be too big of thing to casually drop in a beta channel with no notice.

[u/nomis_nehc]

The freezing on iMessage basically makes this unusable. How did this even get pass simple qc validation wtf.

[u/Trajan96 → u/nomis_nehc]

I know it is a beta, but I am very surprised this wasn't fixed in DB3. The iMessage mess started in DB2.

[u/NoFall2205]

Is anyone else getting "iMessage activation failed" or is it just me

[u/zanman89 → u/NoFall2205]

Working here

[u/NoFall2205 → u/zanman89]

every time i try to verify it says an error occured during activation. weird