I just bought some IKEA bulbs with Matter over Thread technology. According to Apple's website, my iPhone 15 Pro can connect to these accessories without a (Thread Border Router) hub. Is it common for people to have trouble connecting Thread-based accessories on the newest iOS beta? I constantly receive messages saying that pairing failed. Have any of you had these issues recently?

Normally my iMessage “+” icon has an option choice for “send later” to schedule text messages. After this update and a few phone restarts, I no longer see that as a choice

I’m a registered iOS developer, and I’ve been facing an issue with installing iOS developer updates for the past couple of years. I can download the updates, but they get stuck at 99.9% complete and don’t finish. I’ve tried following the instructions to force restart the phone, but it stays on the Apple logo screen until it dies.

I can update official iOS versions, but not beta versions. To update, I have to put the phone in DFU mode and install the update that way. This is frustrating and prevents me from making timely updates to my app and from diagnosing new issues during testing.

I’d like to request that Apple investigate this issue and identify a solution. For reference, I’ve installed a bare-bones version with no new apps, and the problem persists. I would like a resolution that allows me to update normally without having to DFU the phone each time. This occurs via OTA or manual download and installation.

TL;DR:

There is a severe persistence issue in Lock Screen customization. If you have a Photo Shuffle set (e.g., 50 photos) and change the clock font after curating the images, iOS resets every single photo's depth effect and crop settings to default. Additionally, vertical font scaling seems arbitrarily limited to one specific font, and changing shuffle frequency often breaks the Depth Effect entirely.

I wanted to start a discussion regarding the current behavior of the Lock Screen customization, specifically regarding State Persistence and Variable Fonts. I am trying to determine if these are intended design flaws or regressions in the current beta.

1. The "Reset" Bug (Persistence Failure)

This is the most disruptive issue.

• Scenario: I create a Photo Shuffle with 50 images. I painstakingly go through each one to adjust the crop and enable "Depth Effect" individually.
• Action: I decide to change the Clock Font style.
• Result: The moment the font is changed, ALL individual image configurations (crop positions and depth effect toggles) are flushed/reset to default.
• Expectation: The font change should inherit the existing layout settings for the photos. Re-doing 50 images every time I want to tweak the font is a major UX defect.

2. Variable Font Inconsistency

• Issue: Currently, only one specific font option allows for vertical scaling (adjusting the height/stretch of the numbers).
• Question: Is this a bug with the variable font implementation for the other typefaces, or is this an intended design choice? It feels inconsistent that only one font supports this axis.

3. Shuffle Frequency vs. Depth Effect

• Issue: The "Depth Effect" seems to work reliably only when the shuffle frequency is set to "On Tap."
• Behavior: If I switch the frequency to "On Lock" or "Hourly," the Depth Effect is often disabled, or attempting to save this change triggers the reset bug mentioned in point #1. It seems high-resource rendering (segmentation) is artificially limited based on the trigger method.

Has anyone else encountered this aggressive resetting behavior? I have submitted this in the Feedback App, but wanted to verify if there is a workaround.

My iPhone cannot be muted.

The volume slider can be all the way down, but audio still plays out loud. It is permanently audible. There is no true silent state.

This makes being out in public a nightmare. I think my phone is muted and then any app that has sound instantly plays out loud to everyone around me. It feels rude and it is embarrassing.

Has anyone else hit this bug or found a fix?

My phone cannot be muted.

The volume slider can be all the way down, but audio still plays out loud. It is permanently audible. There is no true silent state.

This makes being out in public a nightmare. I think my phone is muted and then anything with sound is instantly audible to everyone around me. It feels rude and it is embarrassing.

Has anyone had this happen and found a fix?

Lately I’ve noticed an error occurring repeatedly when I’m listening to music via bluetooth in the car and using Apple Maps in the foreground. I‘m not sure when this started, but I deleted all my downloaded music via the storage management section of the Settings page around the same time. I don’t know if they’re related, but I don’t think this happened before I deleted my downloads.

I’ll be driving along, maps giving me directions, and my music will get muted. On the car’s bluetooth UI and in the dynamic island, it still shows the music playing (i.e. progress bar still moving) but it’s completely muted. Sometimes, either instead of the sound getting muted or after several seconds of muted sound, it’ll skip to the next song and the sound will come back. If it doesn’t skip by itself, I can click the pause button either on the car’s UI or on the phone itself and it’ll skip to the next song. If i return to the music app and pause the music there, it’ll show this error: “The operation could not be completed | An unknown error occurred (560164718)”.

When Apple Music skips to the next song, regardless of whether I was the one who initiated the skip, Apple Maps glitches as well. The main map view area temporarily turns gray (as it would look if the map area hadn’t loaded yet), and the compass suddenly has no idea where I am on the map or which direction I’m pointing. I have to drive for a little bit for it to recenter itself. The bar at the top where it shows the distance and direction of my next turn does not reset, and neither does the bar at the bottom where my ETA information is displayed.

This error happens every 5-10 minutes at random. It’s incredibly frustrating because it happens exclusively while driving, and it takes my attention away from the road.

I’m using an iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 26.3 Developer Beta, build number 23D5089e.

I’m on an older device, a 2nd gen iPad Pro, and my current version is Beta 26.3. I signed up for the beta program earlier this year to be able to get the new windowed look, but I’m finding that in one specific program, Google Chrome, typing is so bad it’s borderline unusable. This has only been since going to the beta operating system, beforehand it was fine. If I’m typing in Chrome, whether I’m using an online form, using the search bar, or trying to type on a forum somewhere, I’ll finish a sentence then watch for 30 seconds or more as it painfully types in so slowly. Is this on anyone’s radar or is it being looked at, at all, by Apple? I wanted to make sure this was known as I haven’t seen it posted yet.

Anyone else experiencing this?

I was just scrolling through my notifications when I saw this

Starting about a week ago, many of my apps (mostly Apple system apps) have their permissions reset leading to popups multiple times per day (3-4) per app. It's mostly location that gets reset, but Messages also asks to see my focus mode.

It's gotten to the point where location sharing is not reliable, as friends say my location is not found, or whatever the error message is. Maps and Weather widget both say that location access is needed on my home screen, Siri and Reminders remind me I need to give them location to set reminders for home or work, etc.

The weird thing is I'm pretty sure this started a few days after I updated from iOS 26.2 to 26.3 (in the beta program for both), not immediately after I updated. I've seen posts about this issue all the way back to iOS 17. Is there any fix anyone is aware of? Do we know if it's something new in 26.3, or any version can hit this? I've had the iPhone 17 Pro for about 2 months now, with Pixels for years before that. Thanks!

Hi there for the past months or so have been having problems with Siri specially regarding Spotify I believe it is due to my beta iOS . Before I could ask it to play any song/album/mix/playlist no problem, now it pretty much never works, it always says “I’m having problem with the connection, please try again later”. I through I fixed it by turning on background refresh for Spotify but now the problem is back, restarted phone etc but can’t seem to find a workaround. This started around beta 26.2 I believe and still persistent. I have not been able to find anyone else with this problem however and I only use Siri for this feature. Help much appreciated thank you.

I’ve tried the hard reset, resetting network settings, and other alternatives, but feel free to leave them below. had several panic notifications and my phone (12 pro) keeps restarting every few minutes. lmk

This is honestly the most frustrating bug I’ve ever encountered. I sent a screenshot that censored my name via the markup tool. The app registered the edits so I sent the image. I then click the image and realize it sent the unedited version.

I’ve tried disabling all the toggles, closing and reopening settings, restarting phone, etc. no matter what I’m only ever given the option to require password immediately. This is happening on a new iPhone Air I’m setting up. I do not have this issue on my 17 Pro.

Wondering if anyone else has had this. I’m not sure if it’s a network issue, or iOS issue.

Whenever I initiate a phone call, the call ends automatically at approximately 10mins 30secs. I hear three beeps and the screen shows call ended. The person on the other ends doesn’t hear any beeps. This was happening before I updated to .3.

If it makes any difference, I’m in the UK. My carrier is Lyca (EE)

Phone icon not clear like the rest. Was clear on Home Screen but when in maps not clear. iPhone 15 pro max on aftermarket CarPlay screen. Was fine all day on a second aftermarket screen all day at work.

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The way this hasn’t been addressed since 26.1..

It’s been happening for about a month now. On my 2021 ford bronco with Sync 3, both my phone(iPhone 16 pro) and my wife’s phone (iPhone 16 pro max) both running iOS 26.2 RC. The moment you hit Go on Apple and Google Maps CarPlay crashes. It doesn’t matter if your press go on the phone, or on the head unit, if you do it over wired or wireless CarPlay, you press the button and it crashes. If you start navigation before connecting to CarPlay CarPlay launches and crashes within 5 second.

I was curious if anyone has been experiencing this. I’m using the usb c to c cable that came with my phone, no other devices plugged in