The whole lot New in iOS 26 Beta 4

Apple launched the fourth beta of iOS 26 at present, and the corporate has continued making modifications to the best way that Liquid Glass seems to be. There are additionally new options, together with the return of Apple Intelligence Notification Summaries for information. This beta is of specific curiosity as a result of it is seemingly the beta that public beta testers will get within the not too distant future.

Liquid Glass Modifications

Liquid Glass is extra translucent in beta 4, with Apple strolling again a number of the opacity modifications that it launched in beta 3.

Beta 4 on left, beta 3 on proper

Menu bars in apps like Images, Music, and the App Retailer are actually characteristic extra transparency, permitting extra of the background shade to point out by way of.

Beta 4 on left, beta 3 on proper

On the Lock Display screen, while you scroll by way of notifications, the background will get darker. The darker tone improves the readability of textual content.

Beta 4 on proper, beta 3 on left

Notification Summaries

‌Apple Intelligence‌ Notification Summaries can be found for Information and Leisure apps once more. Apple eliminated summaries for information articles again in January to enhance the characteristic, and now it is prepared for testing once more.

On the time, Notification Summaries had been producing deceptive information headlines by choosing up and mixing the fallacious info in articles. Apple says the characteristic ought to work higher now, and that testing will proceed all through the ‌iOS 26‌ beta.

After updating to ‌iOS 26‌, you will see a pop up for enabling the abstract characteristic for various app classes. You may select to get information summaries or choose out. All notification summaries for Information and Leisure apps which can be generated with ‌‌Apple Intelligence‌‌ will probably be italicized and will probably be annotated with a “Summarized by ‌‌Apple Intelligence‌‌” discover.

Digital camera App

If you swipe between modes within the Digital camera app, the button conduct has modified barely. Earlier than, the button gave the impression to be fastened with the background sliding backwards and forwards, however now the button strikes freely in each instructions.

Apple additionally modified the icon of the Digital camera app on the Dwelling Display screen.

Beta 4 digital camera app icon on left, beta 3 icon on proper

CarPlay Wallpapers

There are new CarPlay wallpapers accessible that match the brand new ‌iOS 26‌ wallpaper design. The ‌CarPlay‌ wallpapers are available a spread of colours, together with blue, brown, grey, inexperienced, purple, and purple. The wallpapers help each gentle mode and darkish mode.

Apple has additionally eliminated some older ‌CarPlay‌ wallpapers that had been launched with earlier variations of iOS.

Passcode Modifications

If you faucet on Face ID & Passcode within the Settings app, there’s an up to date interface and wording that reminds you to enter the passcode you employ to unlock the iPhone.

Passwords

The Passwords app has an Enable Contacting Web sites possibility, which permits the app to contact web sites to point out names and icons for apps and web sites and to let you already know when a web site helps passkeys.

With this characteristic, Passwords now reveals customized icons for web sites mechanically.

Climate

There is a new toggle within the Climate app settings that permits it to entry Important Areas. With the characteristic enabled, the Climate app is ready to present climate info for locations that you’re prone to go to.

Cut back Loud Sounds

The “Late Night time Mode” possibility within the Sounds and Haptics part of the Settings app has been renamed to Cut back Loud Sounds, and Apple added an outline.

Reduces audio quantity vary and creates softer sound results whereas sustaining the quiet particulars of the unique audio.

Name Screening

Apple up to date the Display screen Unknown Callers possibility so as to add new choices. You may flip the characteristic off, ask unknown callers the explanation why they’re calling, or silence calls from unknown numbers mechanically, sending them to voicemail.

Mail

There are very refined modifications to the design of the Mail app icon.

‌iOS 26‌ beta 3 Mail app icon on left, beta 4 icon on proper

Wallpaper

The wallpapers launched with ‌iOS 26‌ are actually dynamic and can change shade over the course of the day.

Learn Extra

We have now more information on all the new options in ‌iOS 26‌ in our roundup.