You can download iOS 26 public beta right now - how to install (and which iPhones support it)

The iPhone's public beta brings one of the boldest iOS redesigns yet. 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 a month ago. 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 ...