While we continue to warn potential testers, Apple software beta are subject to bugs. Until a large software update is driven live to the general public – and sometimes even beyond this point – it must be considered unfinished, imperfect and likely to be mistaken in all kinds of unexpected ways.
This particularly applies to a first beta developer, the most speculative and the least finished in the race for an update; Whoever has been the subject of precisely zero tests in the real world outside of Apple laboratories. And therefore the first DEVATE PAST of iOS 26, MacOS 26, Watchos 26 and so on, which became available on the first day of WWDC 2025 earlier this month, were a risky proposal. And the second beta, who landed last week, were eagerly awaited. And it seems that they were worth waiting.
In a brief Coda of his last power on the newsletter, Bloomberg’s journalist, Mark Gurman, describes the key elements that changed from the first to the second in Betas. And at the top of his list is a biggia: “Performance and overall stability in all operating systems have improved to a significant degree.” This means that they are less likely to cause problems for the devices on which they work, that it means a minor reduction, the loss of key functions or a total brick.
This is particularly important because stability concerns are one of the key factors dissuading testers from installing early beta, which in turn means fewer data points and less feedback for Apple. At this stage, only application developers are allowed to manage beta (even if it is a secret of Polichinelle that many non-DEVs participate anyway), but it is crucial for Apple to obtain fundamentals just before opening the public beta version in July.
And other off -putting troubles were discussed in the second beta version. Gurman notes that Apple has adjusted the blurred effect in the control center, an effect which, in the first beta version, had caused problems of readability to text and icons, and changed the safari interface in iOS to facilitate access to pimples and tabs. The redesign of liquid glass looks pretty nice, but there had been concerns to sacrifice conviviality for aesthetics, and it seems that Apple tries to straighten this balance.
There will be many more changes before the launches of iOS 26 officially in the fall. There are many more things that should change. But on the basis of upgrading the first to the second beta developer, Apple took a good start.
