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 announced some significant changes to its iPhone operating system with iOS 26 during WWDC 2025 in June. 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 at least a month away, you can officially download the public beta version right now. Apple released the developer beta of iOS 26 in June, so the company's already refined and tweaked some of the biggest bugs in ...