Every part New in iOS 26 Beta 6

There’s nearly a month to go till Apple unveils new iPhones at its September occasion, and meaning time is working out for Apple to excellent iOS 26. We have reached a weekly beta replace cadence, and Apple seeded ‌iOS 26‌ beta 6 to builders at the moment.

There are modifications to Liquid Glass, tweaks to navigation, new ringtones, and extra.

Ringtones

There at the moment are a number of variants of the Reflection ringtone, together with Buoyant, Dreamer, Tech, Pop, Mirrored, and Surge. Mirrored is the “Alt 1” Reflection ringtone that was added within the second beta of ‌iOS 26‌.

There’s additionally a brand new Little Hen ringtone.

Toggles

Toggles now have a Liquid Glass impact when tapped.

Lock Display screen

The Liquid Glass impact on the Lock Display screen has been up to date. The clock is extra clear than it was earlier than, although it nonetheless has a frosted glass look.

‌iOS 26‌ beta 6 on left, beta 5 on proper

When coming into a passcode, the passcode buttons at the moment are extra translucent than earlier than.

Navigation Bars

Navigation bars in apps have been barely up to date to reinforce translucency with out impacting readability.

Beta 6 on left, beta 5 on proper

In some locations, there’s extra translucency, however in others, the background is extra opaque in order that textual content can nonetheless be learn even when the background is busy.

Beta 6 on left, beta 5 on proper

App Animations

Apple modified the animation for opening and shutting apps, and it is a lot sooner than earlier than so apps open extra rapidly. The animation has a really slight bounce to it, matching the bounce that is been added to the Lock Display screen and Management Heart.

Digicam

Apple eliminated the toggle within the Digicam app that allowed customers to activate Basic Mode. Basic Mode reversed the scroll route when switching from mode to mode within the app.

Now Basic Mode is the default, and there is no choice to return to the animation from earlier betas.

The toggle was initially added in beta 5.

Introductory Video

Whenever you replace to ‌iOS 26‌, there’s now an introductory video that walks you thru the Liquid Glass design modifications.

Preview App

Apple modified the design of the Preview app, including bigger buttons for creating a brand new doc and scanning a doc. When scanning a doc, the placement of the buttons has additionally modified, and so they’re on the backside of the interface slightly than the highest.

Learn Extra

We have now additional information on all the new options in ‌iOS 26‌ in our dedicated iOS 26 roundup.