The iOS 26 public beta will become available in July via the Apple Beta Software Program. If you're not already a member, you'll need to sign up to try out all the latest features. Just visit beta.apple.com and sign up with your phone number or email address. It's free.

The buzz around iOS 26 has been going since WWDC 2025. The major visual revamp, known as Liquid Glass, is the highlight, but Apple has stuffed all kinds of goodies in with it, and those goodies are being slowly filtered into the beta release,

OS 26 introduces a Liquid Glass design that Apple needs for the future of its software, but first, Apple needs to fix the UI.