Apple's new iOS 26 public beta 6 is out now: Is your iPhone eligible for the update? Check this list

In a little under a week, Apple's iPhone 17 event — which the company has themed "awe dropping" — will be here. It's confirmed for Tuesday, September 9. If all goes according to plan, we should also get to download iOS 26 and iPad 26 about a week after the event. Coming with the OS 26es are huge upgrades to your iPhone and iPad's operating systems. You've heard of Liquid Glass, right? It's like the better-executed version of the Windows Vista design motif and definitely one of the cooler features coming this fall. We spent two weeks test-driving it — you can check out our detailed hands-on iOS 26 preview, or you can try it out yourself by downloading and installing the newly released public beta 6. That software is a more stable iteration of the separate developer version, which recently hit the beta 9 waypoint, and offers ...