Apple supplied builders with the second beta of iOS 26, introducing the primary modifications and refinements to the brand new working system because it debuted after the WWDC keynote. As a result of we’re early within the beta testing course of, there are fairly a number of tweaks to iOS 26, which we have rounded up under.
Management Heart
The background behind the Liquid Glass Management Heart buttons has extra blur, permitting for a extra opaque look that makes the whole lot simpler to see than earlier than.
iOS 26 beta 1 on left, iOS 26 beta 2 on properCut back Transparency
The Cut back Transparency possibility beneath Accessibility within the Settings app now cuts down on the Liquid Glass transparency much more.
iOS 26 beta 1 on left, iOS 26 beta 2 on properSafari
In Safari, Apple modified the placement of the brand new tab button within the tab administration view. The “+” button for including a brand new tab is now positioned within the backside left as it’s in iOS 18, relatively than the higher left because it was in iOS 26 beta 1.
Safari in beta 2 on left, Safari in beta 1 on properWith the Compact tab bar, there are additionally now each again and ahead choices.
App Retailer
Within the App Store, Apple added an Accessibility part to product pages. Builders might want to present particulars itemizing the accessibility options they help for this part within the App Retailer to be populated.
Pockets
iOS 26 beta 2 provides full help for the order monitoring characteristic that Apple introduced at WWDC. Within the Pockets app, there may be an choice to let Siri to scan your Mail app to seek out all orders and emails from retailers, even when these orders weren’t made with Apple Pay.
New Ringtone
There is a new “Alt 1” ringtone possibility for the Reflection ringtone. You’ll be able to select it as your ringtone by going to the Settings app, tapping on Sounds and Haptics, tapping on Ringtone, after which selecting Alt 1 beneath Reflection.
Radio Widget
There’s a new Dwell Radio Apple Music widget.
Low Energy Mode
Apple has improved the outline for Low Energy Mode, making it clearer what it does.
iPhone will briefly scale back some background actions, processing pace, show refresh fee and brightness, and restrict sure options comparable to 5G, iCloud syncing, mail fetch, and extra.
Prior to now, the setting solely talked about lowering background exercise like downloads and mail fetch.
Dwell Captions
For Dwell Captions, the Transcribe Calls possibility is now Save Name Transcripts, and the characteristic makes it clear that it’s going to inform name members with a sound earlier than transcribing begins.
Learn Extra
For an summary of the options in iOS 26, be certain that to check out our iOS 26 roundup. We even have a roundup of iPadOS 26 features.