iOS 26 Public Beta Releasing This Month: Eligible iPhones, How to Install, and More

                                   

Apple is already set for launching iOS 26 public beta version with liquid-glass design as well as Apple-Intelligence advanced features by the last of this month. It is already revealed in WWDC-2025, which become also available for the beta users. This iOS 26 is welcoming a new design, “Liquid Glass” design for Apple users.

It is also introducing Apple-Intelligence advanced features, which provides the users with real-time translation of calls and audio. The advanced upgrades will be coming on music application, phones as well as messages. To target the gaming community, Apple game application will be added in the new iOS26. Though, the stable release of iOS 26 has not been completed yet, it is still under testing, available in beta version. The beta users can face some issues including potential bugs, compatibility issue and performance hiccups during this testing period.

iOS 26 Eligible iPhones

The public beta version of iOS 26 become available and few iPhone models are supporting this version. iOS26 will be available at iPhone 16 Pro Max, 14 Pro Max, 15 Pro Max, 13 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max, 11 Pro Max, 11 Pro, 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 Pro, 15 Pro, 16 Pro, 16 Plus, 15 Plus, 14 Plus, 13 Mini, 12 Mini, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 16e. These devices will support all the features of iOS 26 excluding the Apple Intelligence feature. This Apple Intelligence feature will only be supported in iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 series, and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

iOS 26 New Features

iOS 26 is including Apple Intelligence feature. The Apple users can access few AI-driven features, live translation, visual intelligence and content suggestions with iOS 26. With this operating system, users can also customize the emojis and stickers, and new ChatGPT to generate image and playground. Several apps will be redesigned, phone-app, message-app and gaming applications. Apple music also includes AutoMix and live translation features. In addition, few changes will also be coming on Apple Maps, Apple Wallet, and CarPlay.

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iOS 26 Public Beta Version Download and Installation Process

After iOS 26 beta version will be available, one can install this updated OS with some few simple steps:

Step 1: Sign up to Apple Beta Software Program

Step 2: Settings> General> Software Update on iPhones

Step 3: Beta Updates> iOS 26 Public Beta

Step 4: Agree to Terms & Conditions, Download and Install