iOS 26.5 Beta 4 Is Here | Top Features & Changes

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iOS 26.5 Beta 4 is here, and while this isn’t a massive feature-packed update, it continues Apple’s push toward polishing the iOS 26 experience. In this video, we’re breaking down everything new, what’s changed, and whether it’s worth installing right now.

This latest beta is mostly focused on bug fixes, performance improvements, and stability, which is exactly what we expect this late in the iOS cycle. But there are still a few things worth talking about.

Earlier iOS 26.5 betas introduced some notable changes like:

📩 RCS end-to-end encryption improvements for better messaging privacy
🗺️ Updates to Apple Maps, including Suggested Places recommendations
📲 New App Store options for developers, including more flexible subscription models

Beta 4 builds on all of that with even more refinement under the hood.

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32 Comments

  1. 100 процентов стал плавнее работать и быстрее я не сразу понял но скрол стал реально лучше и перестал тормозить у меня айфон 17

  2. I installed the 26.x update on my wife's iphone 12 last week and now she's pissed. It wrecked her phone and I want to rollback, haven't done something like that with iOS, hope it's easy.

  3. I feel somupset when i see settings, appstore and camera on main screen. That is so poor philosophy of apple consuming😢

  4. Yeah I'm really excited for this beta because it brings like Encrypted Dated to to Messages and it's kind of cool it's This is actually not cool it's actually a part of security so I can't wait till they get the uh the public release.

  5. As someone who's had to cancel a credit card for fraud reasons in the past, I can tell you exactly how Apple will handle it. You will lose all ability to even download free apps until you update your credit card and pay the bill.

  6. Sounds like a planned obsolescence type update, you’ll need more storage just to install 🤦‍♂️

  7. I'm seeing variations regarding file size for the Developer Beta 26.5 Beta 4 update on different iPhones, my 15 Pro having 18.66GB, my 13 Pro having 2.81GB , and my Air having 1.14GB for this update. I will be grabbing my 17 Pro to do my iOS update on that device as well. What I have for my 17 Pro for iOS 26.5 b4 is 1.34GB for my update on this device, a big difference from your iOS 26.5 b4 update size of 14.88GB. Not sure why the iOS update on your 17 Pro is different from the iOS update on my 17 Pro . . . great job on your video 👍

  8. I don’t do beta, but it feels like there’s a new iOS version every other week. I’m tired and it’s annoying.

  9. This is what I don’t like about apple sheeps spent 20 years hating on android for the ads now yall trying to spin it like is a good thing, and don’t come with that bs that privacy is not compromised, neither with google, I just can’t stand people like that, got to be objective in life

  10. I have an I Phone 16 Pro Max no real major differences between the 16 Pro Max and 17 Pro Max that's enough to shift me to change or upgrade.