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.

Though we had expected Apple to launch the next iOS update as iOS 19, we instead saw the reveal of the newly named iOS 26 at WWDC 2025. It’s not just iOS that’s been rebranded – iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 are also on the way later this year, bringing annually-branded software to iPad and Mac.

Just days into the developer beta release cycle for the next iPhone software, Apple has slipped out a new update already.