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You can download iOS 26 beta on your iPhone now. How to install (and which models support it)


Apple CEO Tim Cook says iOS 26 is by far the most popular beta ever. Here's how to install it and see it in action for yourself.

Apple / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETApple announced some significant changes to its iPhone operating system with iOS 26 during WWDC 2025 in June. Apple released the developer beta of iOS 26 in June, so the company's already refined and tweaked some of the biggest bugs in the new operating system. If you encounter something that doesn't work, or you have feedback on any part of the new OS, you can communicate directly with Apple via that app.

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