Updated on June 16 with more details on the new software and why the second version of the beta version was published.
Apple announced the latest iPhone software, iOS 26, Monday, June 9. The first version of the developers came later the same day. Three days later, Apple published a second construction of the first beta version – which is unprecedented soon. And it has now become clear that one of the most awaited features in iOS 26, Smart Storage, is in the first beta version. Apple now explained to us exactly why the first beta version was reissued. More information on these two subjects below.
Apple iOS 26
Almost always, there is no update of the first version before the second beta version at the end of June or early July, and this regularly happens at least two weeks after the first beta developer (while the first public version is scheduled for July). So what’s going on?
IOS 26 New update: it’s not for everyone
The update that is discreetly arrived is only for models in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 series. Thus, the iPhone 14 and previous users will not see their developer beta update.
To check, follow the usual road to software updates: open the settings, choose general and then update the software. You must of course be a recorded developer.
The old construction number was 23A5260N and which goes to 23A5260U with this update. In other words, this is a new construction of the first beta version, not the second beta developer.
Nevertheless, it is worth updating if you are offered.
IOS 26 New update: what it is
Apple has not revealed what are the differences between the two versions, although some believe that it is the autonomy of the battery, for example Juli Clover Macrumors. “The revised beta version addresses a problem that could cause iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models to display a low battery symbol and be unable to start after update to the initial iOS 26 beta version,” reports Clover.
Other analyzes suggest something different, such as Ryan Christoffel 9TO5MACsuggests that “Apple has discovered a bug or a crucial security problem – or perhaps the code that has disclosed future products – and deemed it necessary to push a new version,” said the report.
This reference to Future Products concerns the code in the first beta version which mentioned AirPods Pro 3.
IOS 26 New update: smart storage
In the past, if your iPhone storage was almost full, it turned out to be a problem when you came up to date. If there was not enough room to install the update, the user could see that he had to delete the content to avoid a stranded update error.
As WCCFTECH emphasizes that it could be one thing in the past. “With iOS 26, Apple approaches proactively by reserving the space in advance when the automatic updates are activated in the parameters application,” says the report.
We do not yet know how this dynamic space reservation will work, or to what extent will be automatically reserved, but it can “align with similar mechanisms in macos. If you do not know it, Apple already uses the temporary management of the system storage during updates, even in the case of iOS, but the new feature could mean that the system actively manages and keeps space as part of its background maintenance, “adds the report.
However, it works, the reduction in the friction of updates can surely be only good.
So why did Apple have taken the unusual measure to reissue the first beta version? In the feedback application that is part of the developer’s beta experience, Apple commented that there was a problem solved in the new update.
“Correction: Some iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models can display a low battery symbol and be unable to start after update to iOS 26 Beta 1,” he said. It seems that the reissue has sorted the problem which, for some users of the very first beta version, required complete restoration of the operating system.
The initial responses to the Seta IOS 26 developer were mixed. For example, some users have said that the new liquid glass design makes notifications that are difficult to read – although other users say that this is purely the background of the wallpaper, not the new design.
Some users have been delighted that with iOS 26, it is possible to install beta updates on AirPods for the first time. Others commented on the phone becoming hot and the battery is low, although these are not uncommon with the first beta versions. Some users have noted that their banking application has not opened (once again, not unusual in an early beta version) and others have abandoned and downgraded to iOS 18.5.
As post-scriptum, this beta version should not be installed on your main iPhone because at this stage, it is too much to expect that it is glitch without glitch.
