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Hello. So, you want to install iOS 26
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beta software on your iPhone. Here is a
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tutorial to walk you through. The first
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thing you need to know is that the beta
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software is not recommended for a device
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that you use on a daily basis. And why
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is that? because it's not finished
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software. There are lots of issues that
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may crop up and in some cases lack of
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functionality in certain aspects of the
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OS and your device. That aside, you
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still want to do that so that you can
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experience what it is. This is iOS 26
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beta running on the iPhone 12 mini. And
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if you'd like to experience it on yours
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too, here's what you need to do. First
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thing on your laptop or your device
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browser, go to beta.apple.com
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to enroll in the iOS beta program. Doing
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that is what gives you access to
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download and install beta software on
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your smartphone. So you loging in with
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and then you enroll there. Secondly,
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note under normal circumstances if the
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iOS beta software were in public beta,
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in other words, available to the public,
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that would be enough. Right now, as at
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the time I'm making this video, iOS 26
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stage or developer mode. So, it's a
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developer beta. It's a beta software
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that developers are supposed to have
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access to to help them make their apps
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and services compatible. So, you need to
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be a developer in Apple's ecosystem to
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do that. Can anybody sign up? Yes. All
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you have to do is open your browser,
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whether on your laptop or on your phone,
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and type developer.apple.com
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and go in there and sign up as a
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developer. It's a process you can
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complete in 5 to 10 minutes. Once you've
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completed the process of signing up as a
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developer, then you come to your phone,
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tap on the settings, scroll down to
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tap on software update,
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and then you will see a new option here
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that says beta updates. And when you go
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in there, you will see a list of
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available updates. Simply tap on the iOS
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26 developer beta. You tap on that and
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then when you come back here, the phone
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will refresh and present to you the iOS
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26 beta update to download and install.
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Depending on how fast your internet
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access is, in a few minutes you should
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be done. Sometimes if your connection is
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slow, an hour. The download package is
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about 12 to 15 GB, I think. Yes, iOS 26
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takes up about 12.25 GB on the iPhone 12
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mini. Some other devices have been
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reported as having up to 15 GB storage
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taken up by the OS. You simply download,
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install, your phone will reboot and you
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will get this. Like I said, this is iOS
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26 beta. It's in developer state. In
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some months, it will be available as a
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public beta. So, if you do not want to
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sign up as a developer, don't bother.
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But you will have to wait till whenever
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iOS 26 is available as a public beta. In
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other words, it's now available to
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anyone regardless of whether they
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developer or not. But this is iOS 26,
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the liquid glass design. You can see the
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transparency, the glass-like effect
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It's a different visual experience from
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what we have seen. It's definitely also
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brighter. It's translucent.
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It's crystalline, but it's also
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than what you've probably been used to
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in your iPhone. That's how to install
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iOS 26 beta on your iPhone. What devices
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are supported? iPhone SE 2020 and newer,
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iPhone 11 series and newer. That means
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iPhone 11 series, iPhone 12 series,
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iPhone 13 series, iPhone 14 series,
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iPhone 15 series, iPhone 16 series are
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all eligible to have this. Of course,
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don't forget the iPhone SE series from
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2020 that would include the 2022
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version. Those are the only two iPhone
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SE models that are compatible with iOS
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26. Go sign up and go install your beta
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software and let me know how it goes. If
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you find the process of first enrolling
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for beta software and then enrolling as
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a developer a bit too tedious right now
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and you just want to see what iOS 26
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looks like. Let me walk you through in
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the next few minutes.
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When you get into the settings of your
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phone, there is not much difference
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visually between iOS 18 and iOS 26. Much
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of the visual and design changes
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actually exist in the app drawers,
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and the like. That's where you'll notice
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because it's beta software. Like I said
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earlier, not everything here works fine.
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For example, I used to be able to take a
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screenshot using Siri. It doesn't work
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Uhhuh. Take a screenshot.
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See, I haven't been able to take a
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screenshot with it. Of course, doing the
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The manual screenshot works, but with
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Siri, nah, it doesn't. Hey Siri,
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set up a reminder for me.
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a 10:00 a.m. appointment tomorrow.
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Created. So, that reminder has been
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created. That works. But for some
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reason, Siri is unable to take a
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screenshot for me when I request it.
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Uh-huh. Take a screenshot.
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See? So, that doesn't work. That's the
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effect of having beta software. You
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never know what's going to work and
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what's not going to work. Make sure this
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is not the phone that you're using every
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So, there's a new unified layout in the
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phone app. Your recent calls log.
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There's a new unified layout that shows
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important people recent calls voicemail
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on one screen. So, I'm going to try out
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the new look. I haven't used this, so
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there are no recent calls to see, but
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that that's one of the changes that come
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At this point, I'm just pretty much
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you know, what what the new software
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Let's see what the camera is like.
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