Overview

• The third developer beta, released July 7, shifts from feature additions to stability improvements and bug fixes.
• Liquid Glass has been dialed back in beta 3, with many translucent elements now appearing frosted to boost legibility.
• Beta 3 offers four default wallpaper options—Halo, Sky, Shadow and Dusk—and brighter colors for Control Center toggles.
• Minor functional tweaks include offline fog advisories and expanded commute delay alerts in Maps, plus a larger shake-to-find cursor on iPad.
• Apple plans to open its public beta program for iOS 26 and related updates to most platforms around July 23, excluding visionOS 26.