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.

This feature, called Recovery Assistant, kicks in when an iPhone fails to boot and helps diagnose and resolve the issue. However, users will still need a secondary Apple device, like an iPad or another iPhone,

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