Apple Seeds Ninth Developer Betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26

Apple today provided developers with the ninth betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the eighth betas.

iOS 26 Feature
Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app.

‌iOS 26‌ and ‌iPadOS 26‌ feature Apple's new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends to the Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Control Center, along with menus and buttons in apps.

Apple's software includes features for apps like Messages, Phone, Shortcuts, and Apple Music, along with new Apple Intelligence features, a revamp for CarPlay, and more. In ‌iPadOS 26‌, there's a whole new multitasking system that supports multiple app windows for a more Mac-like experience.

For more on the features in ‌iOS 26‌, we have a dedicated iOS 26 roundup and a separate iPadOS 26 roundup. New features have been found in each of the betas, and you can get a recap here: beta 2, for beta 3, beta 4, beta 5, beta 6, and beta 7.

Related Roundups: iOS 26, iPadOS 26
Related Forum: iOS 26

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Top Rated Comments

Rachid Vàzquez Avatar
10 hours ago at 10:19 am
Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts ?. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
Score: 35 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ELman Avatar
10 hours ago at 10:30 am

I was truly expecting RC not beta 9.
RC usually is released after the Apple event with the final being released the following week.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
abenamu Avatar
10 hours ago at 10:28 am
I was truly expecting RC not beta 9.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MDTyKe Avatar
9 hours ago at 10:46 am

I was truly expecting RC not beta 9.
It's definitely not ready for a RC, that's why.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
maika1305 Avatar
10 hours ago at 10:26 am

Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts ?. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
Thank you for doing your part, from one beta tester (also an iOS dev) to another ?
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bluecoast Avatar
9 hours ago at 10:59 am

Honestly, if anyone here has better luck than me with Apple Feedback, please help push these long-standing bugs before the official release:

• In Reminders, column reordering is still completely broken — UI glitches, columns move outside their grid, and confirmed order isn’t saved. (Reported multiple times since dev beta 1)
→ Three dots → Manage Columns → Edit Columns

• In Tinted Icon customization, the color picker is still inaccurate — the applied color always shifts slightly after confirmation, especially around purple hues.

• In the Watch app (or watchOS settings), under Smart Stack settings, enabling auto-opening for Media also applies it to Recorder (and vice versa). Trying to separate the two eventually crashes the UI after several attempts.
→ Not new — it was already present in the previous watchOS major version, maybe even older.

• In Books, imported EPUBs keep getting offloaded daily in automatic mode — even when they’re actively being read and not finished. BUT ALSO IN MANUAL MODE, sorry this one hurts ?. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• Also in Books, multi-page text selection is still broken — selection fails as soon as it hits a page boundary. (Broken since at least iOS 16)

• In Apple Music, it’s still impossible to pin a radio station or an auto-generated playlist — literally the most useful content to pin, and it’s still not accessible with the public release just days away.


There’s more, obviously, but I’m not here to dump it all — I’m sure you’ve got better things to do — just raising this on principle.

Also some less critical issues: stretched time still doesn’t display properly in Sleep Focus mode; the “All Lights” icon in the Home app sometimes stretches weirdly when toggling lights (been there for years); Control Center can be triggered while using the color picker (gotta say, this one’s trippy), the old Preview app icon still shows up in the background of the main menu; the search bar is still not standardized at the bottom in several apps like Shortcuts, Watch, Journal, Files, Calendar, and probably others, to be continued…


Apple’s feedback management is a real problem.

Some of these have been reported for years with zero progress, and this is just my tiny selection.

I feel for anyone dealing with the same mess.


☝️ Quick reminder: Submitting detailed bug reports on a regular basis is unpaid work for the world’s most valuable company. The very least they could do is listen.
Apple engineers were told to make image playground instead of fixing bugs.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)