Apple continues to test iOS 26 before its official launch scheduled for September. The fourth public beta has just been put online for iPhone, iPad and Mac. She prepares the field for the imminent arrival of the stable version, which should coincide with the announcement of the iPhone 17.
For several weeks, iOS 26 has gradually revealed through its different beta. This update is described as the most important ever deployed on iPhone, with a visual overhaul and the extensive integration of Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence. We have already seen significant new features arrive, such as the Liquid Glass effect, dynamic wallpapers, or the almost instantaneous opening of certain applications.
From now on, it is the fourth public beta that is available for users registered in the test program. It follows the beta 6 released on August 11 and resumes improvements in the developer beta 7, published the same day. According to Cnet, This version focuses mainly on bug correction and stability, to consolidate the set before the final release in September. Apple also published in parallel the public beta of MacOS 26 and iPados 26.
iOS 26 is closer to its official release with the public beta 4
Apple follows its usual calendar: the stable version should be deployed next month, at the same time as the presentation of the iPhone 17. Testers who install public beta can already discover the new functions, but it is advisable not to install it on a main iPhone. The installation is made from the settings, in the section dedicated to software updates, after free registration on the beta program.
Since June, the beta of iOS 26 have already introduced dozens of practical and aesthetic new products. Apple, for example, reinvented the locking screen with more transparency and a more readable display, added AI tools to generate images or translate live, and enriched the messages of new options.
Each update also refines speed and fluidity, confirming thatiOS 26 aims as much to transform the iPhone as to improving their stability. This overhaul is also presented by Apple as the most ambitious in the history of iOS. The release of the public beta 4 shows that the brand is now affecting the goal.