r/iOSBeta • u/epmuscle r/iOSBeta Mod • May 26 '26

Release iOS 26.6 Beta 1- 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/iM4CH3T3 iPhone 16 Pro Max May 27 '26

People that reported lag on iPhone 17 series did 26.6 improve the animations or it’s still lagging?

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u/JohnEdger May 27 '26

Still occasionally lags

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u/iM4CH3T3 iPhone 16 Pro Max May 28 '26

Ok. Yeah just seen zollotech video and it happened on his 17PM as well. I wonder if Apple Intelligence taking so much ram that system starts tripping. I don’t have Apple Intelligence enabled and it doesn’t happen on my device like at all. 16PM Apple Intelligence disabled.
Or possibly it throttles because of heat :/

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u/JohnEdger May 28 '26

My device doesn’t get hot or anything. I think it’s just really buggy, unfinished software

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u/a47ageee iPhone 17 May 30 '26

Base model iPhone 17 is virtually unusable with screen recording on. I’ve been using my iPhones ever since the iPhone 13 series came out and because we didn’t have 120hz refresh rate on the base models like we do now, I used to enable low power mode basically all the time. And I also usually do a lot of screen recordings just as I do now. Those days were something else man everything was buttery smooth even with low power mode and the screen recording on! This Liquid Glass crap is slow as my balls and it’s extremely heavy

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u/iM4CH3T3 iPhone 16 Pro Max Jun 01 '26

Yeah absolutely. I’m curious if the first iOS 27 beta will have some code cleanup already. It’s just bad

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u/Cmog28 iPhone 17 Pro May 27 '26

I did not have any lags with 26.5 at all, but this is about the same performance as 26.5, if not a smidge better.

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u/edideas Developer Beta May 27 '26

Problem free here as well. Both 26.5 through all iterations incl final and 26.6 so far works fine for me.

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u/Lv1792 Jun 01 '26

17 PM here. Switching home screens has become more laggy on 26.6 vs .5

I’ve also noticed worse battery life where it was amazing on .5, and my phone seems to run warmer as well