Everything New in iOS 26 Beta 2

Apple provided developers with the 2nd beta of iOS 26, introducing the archetypal changes and refinements to the caller operating strategy since it debuted aft the WWDC keynote. Because we're aboriginal successful the beta investigating process, determination are rather a fewer tweaks to ‌iOS 26‌, which we've rounded up below.

Control Center

The inheritance down the Liquid Glass Control Center buttons has much blur, allowing for a much opaque look that makes everything easier to spot than before.

Reduce Transparency

The Reduce Transparency enactment nether Accessibility successful the Settings app present cuts down connected the Liquid Glass transparency adjacent more.

Safari

In Safari, Apple changed the determination of the caller tab fastener successful the tab absorption view. The "+" fastener for adding a caller tab is present located successful the bottommost near arsenic it is successful iOS 18, alternatively than the precocious near arsenic it was successful ‌iOS 26‌ beta 1.


With the Compact tab bar, determination are besides present some backmost and guardant options.

App Store

In the App Store, Apple added an Accessibility conception to merchandise pages. Developers volition request to supply details listing the accessibility features they enactment for this conception successful the ‌App Store‌ to beryllium populated.

Wallet

‌iOS 26‌ beta 2 adds afloat enactment for the bid tracking diagnostic that Apple announced astatine WWDC. In the Wallet app, determination is an enactment to fto Siri to scan your Mail app to find each orders and emails from merchants, adjacent if those orders weren't made with Apple Pay.

New Ringtone

There's a caller "Alt 1" ringtone enactment for the Reflection ringtone. You tin take it arsenic your ringtone by going to the Settings app, tapping connected Sounds and Haptics, tapping connected Ringtone, and past choosing Alt 1 nether Reflection.

Radio Widget

There is simply a caller Live Radio Apple Music widget.

Low Power Mode

Apple has improved the statement for Low Power Mode, making it clearer what it does.
iPhone volition temporarily trim immoderate inheritance activities, processing speed, show refresh complaint and brightness, and bounds definite features specified arsenic 5G, iCloud syncing, message fetch, and more.
Before now, the mounting lone mentioned reducing inheritance enactment similar downloads and message fetch.

Live Captions

For Live Captions, the Transcribe Calls enactment is present Save Call Transcripts, and the diagnostic makes it wide that it volition pass telephone participants with a dependable earlier transcribing begins.

Read More

For an overview of the features successful ‌iOS 26‌, marque definite to check retired our iOS 26 roundup. We besides person a roundup of iPadOS 26 features.
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