The iOS 26 public beta is out now - How to install (and which iPhones support it)

The public beta for iPhone introduces one of the most dramatic iOS redesigns ever. Here's how you can install it and try it for yourself.

Apple announced some significant changes to its iPhone operating system with iOS 26 during WWDC 2025. Instead of launching iOS 19 consecutively to the current iOS 18, Apple rebranded its OS versions to match the year when users will use them the most. In this case, iOS 26 will launch for general availability in the fall, though most feature updates will roll out through 2026.

But even if the general release of iOS 26 is still a couple of months away, you can officially download the public beta version right now. Apple released the developer beta of iOS 26 last month, so the company's already refined and tweaked some of the biggest bugs in the new operating system. This makes ...