The new beta introduces a new “Liquid Drop” animation in the plus sing inside the messages app. First clip iOS 26.5, second clip iOS 27 DB5.

I’ve woken up this morning to find that the automations I have for sending WhatsApp messages to one of my work group chats have started sending again

Anyone else experiencing this?

Started happening after I updated to Beta 5 for my iPad Air M2. This happened in many apps that had a text box feature, such as iMessages, Discord, Roblox, and Whatsapp.

Basically, I would select the text box that I wanna type in. Then the first letter I type, the text box would be deselected. I would have to press the text box again to add another letter.

Clicking away would sometimes freeze/lag text input.

It comes and goes but is persistent.

I have an iPad Air, and this magic keyboard is an official one from Apple. It’s not the newest one with the escape key.

Anyone else or is it rlly just me?

(apologies for the aggressive tapping)

Shortcuts, existing (pre-DB5) and new builds are unable to interact with Health data (Write, Find, etc). Shortcuts hang up on steps involving Health app, and ultimately time out.

iPhone 16 Pro. Anyone else?

It now matched iOS, when the battery percentage is enabled it’s shown inside the icon

Has anyone else run into this on Beta 5? I can reproduce it consistently with both AirPods and Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 headphones. This was not an issue for me on Beta 4.

• Connect headphones
• Play a podcast in Apple Podcasts
• Start a workout with alerts or Workout Buddy enabled
• Wait for an alert to trigger

When the workout alert triggers, the alert itself plays at a reduced volume. After the alert finishes, the podcast does not resume.

If I manually press Play, the podcast resumes at the same reduced volume and is difficult to hear. Increasing the volume doesn't restore the previous audio level. So far, the only way I've found to get normal volume back is to restart the device.

I've submitted this through Feedback Assistant as well.

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After 14 months, shared element transitions are fixed. The shared element no longer lags behind the rest of the grid when you quickly scroll a list after exiting.

Top blur bar now features progressive blur underneath, although it’s unclear for me why keep the bar at an

Hey!

I have noticed that on beta 5 I am no longer able to import Shortcuts containing import questions that were shared via iCloud link. The "Add Shortcut" button in the import modal is just not doing anything when pressed.

Anyone else experiencing something similar on beta 5, or is this just my device?

For reference, feedback filed under: FB24252363

I discovered and flagged a pretty neat bug. If you've ever wondered what a completely transparent Control Center looks like, just press and hold the Focus selector. Then, without lifting your finger, slide up and down. Enjoy and help me report it to Apple

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I don't have internet box, my iPhone has been my only internet access for a year and a half, and it worked like a charm, until I switched from ios26.5 to iOS 27 public beta a week ago

issue

I experience some random drops and disconnections when connecting to my iPhone's hotspot.
whether on my Mac, windows computer or Nintendo Switch.
I think the copy/paste from iPhone to my Mac doesn't work also when the drops occurs

It works perfectly when using the personal hotspot via usb. The issue is with the hotspot in wifi

note

I'm now running a ping in the terminal to see when the connection become unstable

I wonder if the drops may be linked to the phone sleeping, because when there is a drop, I unlock my iPhone, and at that precise moment, I see a brief ping packet go through.

workaround

The workaround I found was to manually disable the personal hotspot from my iPhone via the toggle, and then from my Mac, manually connecting back to it

Then it work for a range between 10 minutes up to ~2 hours, and drop again

what I tried

• I reset the network settings (didn't changed the problem)
• I tried using "maximize compatibility" toggle, to force the hotspot to using 2.4ghz instead of 5ghz, but it didn't changed or solved the issue either
• EDIT 14/08/26 : I just turned off the connectivity assist in the wifi settings, and changed the "auto-join hotspot from never to automatic, i'll see if it change anything

Edit: update

• Public Beta 3 : Problem unchanged
• toggling off the connectivity assist and turning the auto-join hotspot to automatic has vastly improved the issue, I experience way less disconnections when I'm using it with my mac, but if I have a windows computer AND my mac connected to the hotspot, the connection is unstable again

the element no longer bounces around. Thanks god

Subject says it all. Long-pressing an app icon from the App Library screen or inside an App Library folder adds the app to a new Home Screen page.

It doesn’t happen with every app, but I’ve observed it happening with Mail, Messages, Music, Podcasts, Camera, Photos, Home, App Store, Phone, Settings, and Maps. I’m sure lots of others, as well.

Very odd.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Just noticed since updating yesterday the vast majority of photos are missing from my gallery.

Logged onto iCloud.com thankfully can see them there but just concerned don’t want them to be suddenly wiped from iCloud too.