The iOS 26 public beta will become available in July via the Apple Beta Software Program. If you're not already a member, you'll need to sign up to try out all the latest features. Just visit beta.apple.com and sign up with your phone number or email address. It's free.

Apple released iOS 26 beta 2, which brings the key transparency fixes we needed: Control Center and Notifications are finally readable.

Apple will not pre-announce when it will release iOS 26 beta updates, but over the years it has proven to has a mostly predictable schedule after the first one has rolled out. Here's when to expect new versions.