You Can Download iOS 26 Developer Beta 7 on Your iPhone Right Now. Here's How

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more.

The official iOS 26 public beta is out now for anyone to try. But Apple's seventh and latest version is reserved exclusively for developers. This latest developer beta version is supposed to be more polished, and hopefully brings many of the needed bug fixes that have caused app crashes and battery drain in previous versions.

The biggest news in iOS 26 is Liquid Glass, Apple's new cohesive design language across all its devices. The new operating system also brings two long-anticipated phone features. Call Screening picks up unknown numbers on your behalf, asks why callers are calling and shows a live transcript so you can decide whether to answer ...