latest Power On newsletter<\/a>, Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman addressed the question. He had already posted on X that the public beta would land around Wednesday, July 23. Now, he has expanded on this reasoning.<\/p>\n\u201cAll indications are that iOS 26 should go into the public beta phase this coming week. This typically happens by the middle of July, so the software is a bit later than usual. Given that iOS 26 is such a significant design overhaul, it makes sense that Apple would want to take a little extra time to get things right,\u201d Gurman said.<\/p>\n
And there\u2019s another reason things seem to be running a little late, which is that instead of using the third developer beta as the basis for the public beta, which is the usual one, \u201cIt seems likely that this public beta will match up with the fourth developer beta version,\u201d this time, Gurman goes on.<\/p>\n
This means that although it\u2019s a little later, it\u2019ll be based on a more stable release, assuming Apple is improving its beta software with each release.<\/p>\n
There have been tweaks to the Liquid Glass design which is the marquee feature in iOS 26, so maybe developer beta 4\/public beta 1, will have something closer to the final look.<\/p>\n
iOS 26 Public Beta Release Date<\/p>\n
This week looks most likely: Apple said July and after this week, there are only three days in July left.<\/p>\n
I believe it will be released the day after the fourth developer beta, so if that lands on Monday, July 21, the public beta will be Tuesday, July 22.<\/p>\n
Gurman\u2019s proposed date of July 23 is also possible, but keep an eye out for dev beta news on Monday. I\u2019ll be updating the news, so please check back.<\/p>\n
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