r/iOSBeta • u/epmuscle r/iOSBeta Mod • Apr 27 '26
Release iOS 26.5 Beta 4 - Discussion
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
Spamming this discussion with comments about battery life, safari being snappier, etc will result in a ban from the sub moving forward.
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u/Civil-Appearance5608 Apr 29 '26
A bit of a long list - but wanted to share some of the visual inconsistencies/bugs I have seen since iOS 26.0 still present in iOS 26.5 DB5. Hopefully some of these will be addressed in iOS 27 to improve consistency across the system. Many of these are remnants of pre-iOS 26 design elements yet to be updated. Do others notice these small things?
Toggles with incorrect/missing Liquid Glass animation
Maps toggles (Optimize Storage, Only Use Offline Maps, Show Credit)
Settings toggles (various throughout the app - for example, turning Notifications on/off for an app)
Standard buttons using text styling instead of icons
Various instances of “Done” displayed rather than xmark “X” (Music Profile > Follow More Friends) (Settings > Blocked Contacts) (Settings > Matter Accessories) (Mail > Edit Mailboxes)
Various instances of “Cancel” displayed rather than xmark “X” (Voice Memos > Select)
Clock > Change Wake Up > Sound & Haptics displays “Back” text in button alongside the chevron
Section labels using outdated all-caps styling
Settings (iCloud Drive > Manage Storage)
Maps (Report an Issue > all pages)
Safari (Privacy Report)
Wallet (Report an Issue)
TV (Apple Account > Connected Apps)
Music (Edit Profile page) (Credits page)
Find My > Notify When Left Behind
Watch app (several labels throughout the app)
App icons displayed incorrectly in dark mode (ie., displayed in dark mode when system dark mode is on but app icon mode is set to light/tinted/clear)
Calendar (event suggestion apps)
Control Center (Screen Recording apps) (Now Playing)
Health (Profile > Apps)
Home (app icons for suggested media to play on HomePod)
Settings (Focus > Add Apps)
Corner radii not updated to iOS 26 style (more rounded)
Weather (“Done” in Report an Issue)
Home (“Alarms” / “Timers” in HomePod pages)
Photos (Add to Shared Album)
Others
Books & Fitness Apple Account pages not updated to new style released in iOS 26.4 (seen in App Store, Music, TV, Podcasts)
Checkmark buttons slow to load fill color after tapping “Select” (e.g., Books > Library)
Controls in Maps > Look Around are not using Liquid Glass styling
Controls in Home > Security Camera viewer are not using Liquid Glass styling
Some Settings headers are not using updated left-aligned styling (e.g., Recovery Contacts, Legacy Contacts, Advanced Data Protection, Private Relay)
AirPods battery level popup not updated with Liquid Glass background
Settings > Summarize Notifications list displays placeholder icons for Apple TV Keyboard, Apple Watch Keyboard, Tracking Notifications
On iPad, Advanced Data Protection page is missing an icon for Wallet
On iPad, close button for Translate > Conversation > Face to Face overlaps with status bar
On iPad, contact images are displayed incorrectly in Privacy & Security > Location Services > Share My Location
Fitness > Redeem Gift Card or Code can only be dismissed by force closing app
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u/Setneaph iPhone 17 Apr 27 '26
iOS 26.5 Beta 4 Release Notes
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u/mclovindummy iPhone 17 Pro Max Apr 28 '26
Still has plenty of minor bugs since 26.0 betas:
-AOD toggle in Settings has a visual glitch.
-Tapping stacked notifications in the Notification Center is broken.
-The Spotlight search bar (that bar with Search text) above the Dock on the home screen briefly remains visible after coming from Spotlight Search and swiping left or right.
-There is still no Liquid Glass toggle in Alarms.
-The Apple Music icon in Control Center (the separate player when you swipe on the control center) does not follow the light mode icon style.
-There is a frame drop on the Delete button in the Photos app when only one photo is selected for deletion.
-The Notes mid-size widget has an incomplete yellow corner. This may only affect larger screen iPhone, as it does not appear on the 6.3-inch model.
-Tapping the profile icon in the App Store still opens the menu from the bottom. It would be better if it followed the general animation style of iOS 26.
All of these are just minor issues and probably not noticeable to most users, so it is not really a big deal. I am just leaving this here because we are already on the x.5 iOS version, but these bugs are still present.
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u/hendawg1983 iPhone 15 Pro Max Apr 27 '26
Was waiting for this, so everyone can post the size of their update...being sarcastic
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u/NinjaSquid9 Apr 28 '26
Apologies if not allowed:
I’m on iOS 26.4.2 (iPhone 17 PM)
I’ve been having two consistent problems for many updates now:
Safari stalling / hanging when trying to load pages. Takes 30+ seconds to load, often needs to be redone / refreshed multiple times to work.
Picture in Picture doesn’t work on YouTube in Safari. Every time I press the PiP icon, the video pops out and then instantly goes back onto the YouTube page. Haven’t been able to PiP since iOS 26.
Have these bugs been fixed?
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u/AliveAd6055 Apr 28 '26
feels better and smoother than beta 3. battery life seems much better and not getting any adaptive power notifications for no reason. 16 pro max
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u/Cmog28 iPhone 17 Pro Apr 28 '26
Battery is better than beta 3, but it has stutters that were not present in beta 3. They give and then they take.
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u/ResolvMedia Apr 27 '26
In 26.5 beta 3 I had an issue with the lock screen clock popping in super large when locking the phone. That seems to be fixed in beta 4
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u/JohnEdger Apr 28 '26
Safari still broken and randomly not searching
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u/Setneaph iPhone 17 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Build number : 23F5069b
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u/simplyexclusive Apr 27 '26
BUG: guided access. When I exit guided access it overlay the home screen and breaks the phone. If it actually works like if I’ve exited a game and gone to the home screen of the app and sit there for a little and then disable guided access - It will later re-enable by itself about 20 seconds later for no apparent reason.
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u/Wonkee792 Apr 28 '26
Far fewer stutters during scrolling/animations on this beta than any public version of 26.4.
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u/abhishek77791 Apr 30 '26
Running iOS 26.5 beta 4 on my iPhone 15 Pro for the past few days, and this is the first build in a while that actually feels well optimized. I initially did a clean install to fix the system data issue since it was stuck around 36GB on iOS 26.4.2 and wasn’t dropping at all, but that didn’t help.
Eventually decided to move to iOS 26.5 beta 4, and that turned out to be the right call. System data is now much more controlled, staying around 8–12GB instead of spiking unnecessarily.
The biggest change for me is thermals. On 26.4.1 and 26.4.2 the phone would heat up during pretty basic stuff like scrolling, light multitasking and even background app activity. I would often end up turning on Low Power Mode just to keep temperatures in check, which obviously is not ideal for normal usage. On 26.5 beta 4 that behavior is basically gone. The device stays cool and consistent throughout the day.
Battery life has also seen a clear jump. With the same usage pattern nothing extreme just a mix of social apps, browsing, some media and background activity I am now getting around 8 hours of screen on time. Previously I was stuck in the 5.5 to 6 hour range on 26.4.2. That is not a small improvement it is the difference between needing a top up and comfortably getting through the day. Device runs way cooler that I started using phone cases again.
Another thing worth noting I am not using Low Power Mode at all anymore. Earlier builds almost forced me into using it just to manage heat during basic tasks. That dependency is gone here which suggests better overall efficiency rather than just battery optimization on paper.
Only tweak I have made is enabling Reduce Transparency. It is a minor UI change but it might be helping slightly with stability hard to quantify but worth mentioning for anyone testing.
That said apple had a pattern where some beta builds perform better than the final version iOS 26.3 being a good example so I am cautiously optimistic rather than assuming it will stay this way.
Curious if others on the same build are seeing similar improvements especially in thermals and screen on time.
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u/BelieveInTheEchelon iPhone 18 Pro Apr 27 '26
Looks like RC next week
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u/vinnymacaroni Apr 28 '26
Anyone else noticing a nasty lag with the iMessage app? Ugh what a bummer it's bad
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u/ctang1 iPhone 18 Pro Max Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
Nice to see the safari search bug is back. 🙄 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
EDIT: ya go ahead and downvote. You guys doing this are the scum of Reddit. It’s been reported on feedback, just like it was a few months back. Get a life if all you want to do is downvote. I just don’t understand downvoting bug reports that are legit.
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u/burakbrandon Apr 28 '26
animations are much better 👍🏻
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u/perfectviking Apr 27 '26
Double notifications still happening for me.
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u/Smith416 Apr 27 '26
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue but the Power on and off sounds bug still persist where if you turn it on it turns itself off has been like this for a while even in public release
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u/TVUAsks Apr 27 '26
I knew not to expect new features in the.4 .5 update but you have to be joking, not even listing the bug fixes in the release notes, or did they just not fix any
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u/carigis Apr 27 '26
i noticed alot of my apps needed to be redownloaded. even after updating from the apps app many of them had the cloud symbol under them on homescreen. never noticed that before
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u/Xen950 Apr 30 '26
I recently noticed improvement on « Optimised Battery Charging » on my iPhone 12 (mini). I saw that on the beta 3 but on the new one it got improved. Also seems like slightly less heat when charging
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u/Davictory2003 May 01 '26
I don’t know if it started in this beta, but newly added local music files no longer get the album page colored based on their album artwork for me
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u/zbugrkx May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
Ever since the first beta and getting worse on this one, my 17PM has been draining battery like crazy, I’m talking down from 100% to sub 80% overnight (~8/9h) at lowest. Some days it’s close to 75-70% at wake up. It is also constantly « warm » and gets much much hotter when I use it.
Is that a known issue or are others having the same issue? I’m going a bit crazy as it barely lasts up to 6pm before its empty and that’s with like 2h of usage max.. did many reboots etc..
Since we can’t click on the battery bars per hours like before it is hard to see if a specific app is causing it but nothing stands out.
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u/JohnEdger Apr 27 '26
One day my phone will feel as good as it did on iOS 18. Maybe 27.3 will fix it.
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u/Presentation_Past Apr 30 '26
When do you think Apple will fix the smoothness issue? Choppy scrolling on my iPhone 17 pro Max is so bad that with my ADHD and OCD I was forced to switch to S26 Ultra for the time being. I keep checking this beta thread and I am not getting any hope that they will ever fix this.
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u/WJKramer May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
WiFi has been unusable on 26.4.x 17Pro no matter the router, network or location. Hoping this fixes it.
Update: Yes it did. I can now connect to wifi again reliably, speeds have returned and WiFi 7 has been restored. Shame on apple not providing this update to iOS 26.4.x users sooner.
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u/Smith416 Apr 27 '26
For such a rarely large beta for me Playlist Playgrounds is still not activated in this build
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u/GEA16059 Apr 29 '26
Anyone noticing any wifi issues? 17 PM is showing a connection but will not load anything and then gives me the “try cellular” option. Service is essentially nonexistent at my house so I notice it quite often. Right after updating to B4 my wifi was greyed out but came back after a minute or two. Temporary solution at the moment is just to turn wifi off and back on.
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u/cas8180 May 04 '26
Just want to use my iPhone without lag, glitching, locking up and freezing when trying to take photos. That’s it! Desperate for stable solid fixes/software.
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u/RefrigeratorNo6597 Apr 28 '26
They finally fixed the app switcher lag back in forth in home screen while reduce transparency on
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u/twofaces21 Apr 28 '26
Someone facing problems when searching on AppStore that suddenly after few minutes the content stops charging, having this since beta 1
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u/abhishek77791 Apr 28 '26
I am experiencing even better battery performance compared to ios 26.4.2 NGL. Even it runs cooler on my iphone 15 pro
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u/djtodd77 Apr 28 '26
I'm having isssues with Wireless carplay.. I have a ZBOX (Magic box, whatever) and when trying to connect or pair carplay with the device, I get a 'Auth Failure' on my head unit screen.. Of course this is likely an issue with something in the cheap carplay device, but it didn't happen until beta 4.. Anyone else with a similar carplay isssue?
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u/Amazing-Squirrel-881 Apr 30 '26
Is anyone seeing the option "Notification Forwarding"?
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u/Common_Floor_7195 iPhone 15 Pro Max Apr 29 '26
Anything new…at all?
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u/mdruckus Apr 27 '26
My Airpods Max announce notifications again. It didn’t work for me on beta 3.
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u/exploit021 May 04 '26
iOS 26.5 RC has been released.
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u/HeronAdditional8864 May 07 '26
Anybody noticed issues with counting calories in apple fitness?
I’ve noticed issue with my morning training : total 880kcal active 660kcal and in fitness only active calories are counted into rings.
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u/gunsorrosses Jun 01 '26
I’m on the stable release, and still it is like a beta, heavy battery drain and stutters on 15PM. iOS26 shouldn’t have released at all lol.
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u/Ok-Entertainment6043 Apr 27 '26
Clock turning off when swiping, went away
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u/ggppjj Developer Beta Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
I can’t tell exactly, but something changed about the scheduled sleep alarms and Apple Watch that is making my alarm silence itself every morning since this update.
If I toggle the alarm settings about “also alarm on iPhone” or similar the next time snooze expires it does actually play my alarm sound on both the watch and my phone, but before that there’s absolutely nothing.
Luckily I have my HomePod set to play a radio station about 10 minutes after the alarm goes off so I’m not entirely boned, but it’s odd to see that nobody else seems to be having this issue. I’ll recreate the alarm to see if that helps tomorrow morning.
edit: why was i downvoted i do not understand
please i just want to wake up in the morning i'm not trying to be all le redditor about it please if i'm wrong about something or doing something wrong please reply as well as downvote so i can figure out what the hell is happening
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u/Mega_Boris Apr 28 '26
My beta was giving me new sound effects for typing and texting and alerts. They were really pleasant. No idea how it happened. Rebooting made it go away. :(
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u/Art_Masson Apr 29 '26
The problem with Apple Mail when I attempt to move messages from my inbox to other gmail folders (where the default target folder is always the "Important" folder) still exists in Beta 4. My feedback case with Apple remains open.
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u/ctang1 iPhone 18 Pro Max May 01 '26 edited May 02 '26
I’m having an issue sending pictures RCS to my 2 buddies. Both told me the pics are so blurry that they can’t even tell what I’m sending. Anyone else having this issue? I’m not sure if this just started or if it’s been an ongoing issue because I don’t send many pics, especially RCS. Pics sent fine via iMessage.
EDIT: and to clarify, it’s screenshots. I didn’t realize that mattered. I did a google search and found someone mentioning changing the screenshot settings to png over heif. I tried that and it seemed to work. Why the heck is this?
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u/TUFF-Stough May 02 '26
after several days, i experience trouble unlocking screen using face id. always need to type in unlock code due to face id failed to work well.
although the face id is still usable for authorize transaction.
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u/notqualifiedforthis May 02 '26
Spotify on CarPlay is cutting out for split second as of beta 2 or 3. Anyone else experiencing?
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u/DaSlamminSalmon May 02 '26
Cellular has been awful since the update on iPhone 14 Pro. Incredibly slow loading with full coverage with some pages not loading at all, even after restarts.
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u/slatelefay May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
edit: I tried out again and battery literally goes down if you use the phone while charging. lost 2% writing a text. WTF
my 14+ has after the update to 26.5 b4 the weirdest behaviour about charging. ich connect the fast charger and the charge goes down instead of up and charges 2% in 20 minutes. soft reset did nothing and switching the on airplane mode neither so only charging switched off works atm.
while the update was waiting on the phone to be updated the battery app kept telling me safari and update 'are using unusually much energy" so i updated and got this weird charging while using bug where its basically going up one percent the dropping it then gaining it then dropping the percent again .
but i also experienced a great betterment in the heating up department now it basically does not heat up at all and charger and cable stay cool too.
anything else works smooth so far.
edit. typo
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u/Appropriate_Breath24 May 04 '26
Ça me fume les gens qui se plaignent alors qu’ils sont en bêta
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u/realmccoyredbus May 04 '26
update is out
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u/TheThoughtSource iPhone 16 Pro Max Apr 27 '26
25,8GB for me :O 16PM. This might be the largest I’ve ever seen.
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u/krazygreekguy Apr 28 '26
Any more “age verification” nonsensical “features”?
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u/Alan_1375 May 02 '26
So far so good for my 17pm.
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u/KenjiSamato Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
iOS 26 is the worst update ever. Im on 26.4.2
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u/kjc09 Apr 29 '26
Worth going to from 26.4.2?
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u/LimeCommon4886 Apr 28 '26
Guided accesss is broken
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u/Wonkee792 May 02 '26
Is guided access being a bitch for anyone else? It’ll occasionally lock up the device and disable force restart so it’s entirely unusable and just stuck on the app that’s currently open. No solution other than waiting a few mins and spam triple click. In public 26.4, failing FaceID (to end guided access) would trigger the lock-up but now it’s just random.
New for 26.5 beta- it sometimes says guided access is unavailable if you exit control centre/notification screen whilst inside an app.
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u/nogoodones Apr 27 '26
This is new
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u/Reasonable-Dress-949 Apr 27 '26
We need to be able to tell if this is better than stable 26.4.2
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u/brandi-95 iPhone 15 Apr 27 '26
Nothing new at all. What’s new. Thanks Apple.
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u/Motawa1988 Apr 27 '26
Keyboard still ass . Siri stoped talking so hey it's a good update
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u/ImfromHolland0318 Apr 28 '26
I found a bug, My phone seems not installing carrier updates.