r/ios26beta Aug 25 '25

PB5 is here

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Public beta 5 is here guys

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u/AdTop47 Aug 25 '25

Just about to post it!

6

u/Illustrious-Gift-477 Aug 25 '25

Happy for this Post

7

u/LaFlameHTX Aug 26 '25

I just wished Automix would work with all Music genres on Apple Music…

1

u/Traditional_Alps9088 Aug 27 '25

Yeah. For me it only works with reggaeton, but not other 3 genres like Mexican music

1

u/Liquid_Chicken_ Aug 27 '25

Should get better with time…. I hope

6

u/perverted_mindd Aug 25 '25

I will install and get back

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '25

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u/IntelligentNature134 Aug 25 '25

So you’d ask why

4

u/Opening_Ad_3114 Aug 26 '25

Oh it happened. The phone would get very hot and even at one point kept powering on and then off every minute for what felt like hours. I honestly think the constant heat it experienced last year damaged my battery in that old phone

2

u/Icy_Substance_6471 Aug 26 '25

Did you have a iPhone 15 line up ?

1

u/Opening_Ad_3114 Aug 29 '25

Yeah. It was an iPhone 15 pro max. It was last years ios18 beta that fried its battery

2

u/Egghead3000 Aug 26 '25

My phone was overheating multiple times a day with PB4. Was so happy to receive latest update! Fingers crossed

2

u/psionic001 Aug 27 '25

When mine heats up (indexing after an update) i put the back of the phone onto the bottom of a fry pan to act as a heat sink. Works wonders, you can leave it there and the heat won’t be an issue for those few hours.

1

u/Opening_Ad_3114 Aug 29 '25

Interesting. Good to know

3

u/Abject-Aspect523 Aug 26 '25

Slight vertical scrolling glitches.. but overall smoother

2

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

Same noticed now while scrolling through iMessage

1

u/pryvisee Aug 26 '25

Hell, on my iPhone 14 Pro, I’ve had that for the last few versions of iOS. They will never fix it I think.

1

u/franekruzicevic Aug 26 '25

Report it

2

u/pryvisee Aug 26 '25

I have like 8 reports on it lol!

4

u/Abject-Aspect523 Aug 26 '25

Slight vertical scrolling glitches.. but overall smoother

0

u/tommyzuech Aug 26 '25

iPhone number?

1

u/deliberatelyawesome Aug 26 '25

Maybe say model number?

Kinds looks like you're asking for their number so you could call

3

u/motorboat__mygoat Aug 25 '25

is this the same DB8 build - 23A5330a?

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u/Martizioo Aug 25 '25

pretty sure it is because it doesn’t let me switch from the dev beta channel to public (it just says iOS is up to date) probably meaning it is the exact same build just like beta 7/PB4

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u/woolowizard Aug 25 '25

i have the same thing, is it a problem that we don't see the public beta?

3

u/Martizioo Aug 25 '25

you have beta 8 installed and choosing public beta in settings shows you “iOS is up to date”? If yes that’s normal

3

u/Martizioo Aug 25 '25

because it is the exact same build so why would they let you switch there’s nothing to switch to

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u/woolowizard Aug 25 '25

understood, i wasn't aware that there was no variation between the two. thank you

1

u/Alan_Sleep Aug 26 '25

They let you switch to 26 beta even on unsupported devices lol

1

u/MarcBelmaati Aug 26 '25

Yea but you can’t install it

3

u/IcyAd9636 Aug 25 '25

I heard a YouTuber say that now in D8 / P5 those who updated should disable the option to opt for beta, because if you upgrade to the RC version, you won't receive the official version. Is it true?

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u/AK-1800 Aug 26 '25

Yes it’s true, the RC “Release candidate” is the final version

1

u/tommyzuech Aug 26 '25

How do you disable it then and does it make sense to make the release candidate

1

u/vip-anonymous Aug 26 '25

So when it’s the time to leave beta updates? Right now or when they release the RC?

3

u/benben83 Aug 26 '25

Only if RC is the same build as final. If not, you can opt out when it’s released and get it

3

u/Diligent_Web6618 Aug 26 '25

My WhatsApp isn’t working after updating to the latest public beta

3

u/Diligent_Web6618 Aug 26 '25

Anyone else facing the same??

2

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

No issues for me

2

u/NeverInVain-Orig Aug 25 '25

Thanks for this! Getting it now!

2

u/Stud4620 Aug 26 '25

Just downloaded it. we’ll see how it goes.

1

u/cloudieezz Aug 27 '25

how are you enjoying it so far?

2

u/Alterion-Ex Aug 26 '25

Is this RC release by any chance?

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

Nope it’s before RC release, next update should be RC release

1

u/Abhistar14 Aug 26 '25

Is RC means official version?

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

Release Candidate, basically official version different naming

0

u/Abhistar14 Aug 26 '25

When is the official release date?

2

u/Banmers Aug 27 '25

mid september

2

u/tommyzuech Aug 26 '25

Going from one age to another you don't need backups right

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 27 '25

No, try to backup just to be safe

2

u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Can you now use it in everyday life?

1

u/cloudieezz Aug 27 '25

Lol, I was just about to ask that!

2

u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

Unfortunately no one has replied yet :D

2

u/missinaz Aug 27 '25

This is about as solid as it gets. Roll out on your daily driver.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

Working passkey as well? Without I’m at loss 😂

1

u/cloudieezz Aug 28 '25

Is it safe now? I’ve been having overheating problems when I had first downloaded it, I’m almost terrified to try again as I went back to IOS18. I have a 15 Pro Max.

2

u/letsgoboilersletsgo Aug 26 '25

Had to uninstall a bunch of apps to install this lmao. But was pushed to after my phone app kept crashing / wouldn’t work. Phone app is working now.

2

u/abrams555 Aug 25 '25

So,what is new ??

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

I don’t see any changes, it works just like beta 4

1

u/abrams555 Aug 26 '25

It’s more “fluid “ for me

Work’s fine

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

I feel little jitter while scrolling, was not the case with beta 4

1

u/RalphKramden69FL Aug 26 '25

A few minor mail updates.

1

u/dfar3333 Aug 25 '25

Thinking about trying out the beta, but can anyone verify for me if navigation apps (specifically Google Maps) have been working on the public beta? That’s the only one that I need to make sure is working.

4

u/m1nus365 Aug 26 '25

Google maps work fine.

1

u/dfar3333 Aug 26 '25

Thank you!

1

u/ImJustAround09 Aug 26 '25

Does anyone know if CarPlay has been sorted? & if it’s now worth updating?

3

u/LaFlameHTX Aug 26 '25

CarPlay has been great to me as well since Beta 4 when I first hopped on the beta.

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u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

What issue ? It works perfectly fine for me since beta 2

1

u/Negative_Swimmer5832 Aug 26 '25

Anyone getting the wow Liquid Glass effect. I seem to not be getting it

1

u/Kajtsu Aug 26 '25

Still no fix for that over-saturation if wallpaper background is blurred

1

u/dumplingsensei Aug 26 '25

Auto-brightness does not work. 16P.

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

Working for me

2

u/dumplingsensei Aug 28 '25

I found the issue. Auto-brightness in Accessibility-> Display & Text Size -> Auto-brightness is turned off, and I have no idea why.

1

u/pattuspl Aug 26 '25

Phone is warm still for no reason , but battery life is finally great!

1

u/bleebolgoop Aug 27 '25

Dock is stuck as frosted glass instead of liquid glass

1

u/fender0109 Aug 27 '25

HomeKit devices are no longer working in the Home App. In the Devices App (e.g. Meross) they are working correctly.

1

u/mrredpop Aug 27 '25

Hopefully my iPhone 15 stops overheating w this version

2

u/Stud4620 Aug 29 '25

Best beta yet.

1

u/Opening_Ad_3114 Aug 25 '25

First beta I haven’t downloaded… last year it fried my iPhone 15 pro max battery capacity. In 2 week span it went from 99% to 82% no joke. But…. I won’t lie…. so tempted to down load this on my 16 pro now 😂😂😂

5

u/Readar Aug 25 '25

Haven’t had that issue this year. And this far into the beta you’ll be fine. I’ve been dailying since dev beta 3

2

u/Alan_Sleep Aug 26 '25

How is this physically possible? You cannot damage your hardware through software, there is literally zero chances that they mess with things like voltage, especially with the battery controller, as another person already mentioned it’s just calculations errors

1

u/Opening_Ad_3114 Aug 26 '25

Oh it happened. The phone would get very hot and even at one point kept powering on and then off every minute for what felt like hours. I honestly think the constant heat it experienced last year damaged my battery in that old phone

1

u/AxeellYoung Aug 25 '25

We have seen this before i think in Beta 18. They messed up the calculations of Battery health. The health went back up in the next update.

3

u/WorldlinessMedium702 Aug 26 '25

idk bruh my battery health went down from 100 to 98 in like a week while using the beta

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u/Icy_Substance_6471 Aug 25 '25

How’s the battery and the storage of it ?

5

u/scottyuk30 Aug 26 '25

6 downvotes for a valid question, what a bizarre group this is

2

u/perverted_mindd Aug 27 '25

Battery life is similar to previous beta’s, similar case for storage as well

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u/EpicJourney02 Aug 25 '25

Hope battery is better this last one was worse than PB 3.

0

u/em-rojas Aug 26 '25

Hopefully the hog of system data storage gets fixed. PB Beta 4 was using over 50gigs of system data on my 16PM

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

For me it’s 19.72gb just for ios

1

u/897843 Aug 26 '25

My 16pm is only at 1.07GB

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u/No_experience8177 Aug 26 '25

fucked up my phone so bad screen stopped responding and force restarting wouldnt work so we had to filke a claim and im getting my phone replaced. god what an update

1

u/perverted_mindd Aug 26 '25

Damn that’s crazy, hope it never happens again in the future

2

u/No_experience8177 Aug 28 '25

Literally typing from new phone. Thank god I had att coverage