iOS 26 Public Beta Is Here: Download Apple's Liquid Glass Update Today

Get early access to the new translucent design, the latest Apple Intelligence tricks, call-screening tools and other goodies.

If you've been itching to poke around Apple's next big iPhone update, today's your day.

Apple just opened the first iOS 26 public beta (July 23) to anyone in its free Beta Software Program, letting everyday users try the new OS months before it ships alongside the iPhone 17 this fall. The public beta follows six weeks of dev-only releases, capped yesterday with developer beta 4.