iOS 26 is already a reality, and we can execute it on our iPhones since yesterday. However, there are many people who do not know how to do it, because we talk about a Beta for developersand not the final version that we will see in September.
It is quite simple, and does not require as many steps as formerly, so in just a few minutes you could have on your phone iOS 26although we recommend you not do it in the staff, since it contains errors and can generate problems that affect your day to day, with the calls, alarms and important things.
iPhones compatible with iOS 26
The first of all will be to verify that your iPhone is compatible with iOS 26, since, otherwise, no matter how much you do, you will never see the beta to install it, and you will be wasting your time. The models, officially announced by Apple, which can support this version are:
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 pro max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or posterior)
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 pro max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 pro max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 pro max
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16E
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
Therefore, the iPhone XS and iPhone XR stay out, as well as all the previous ones that no longer had the latest version. Remember that the iPhone 11 is from 2019, so we talk that in 2026 it will continue with the latest version, therefore, its useful life is at least 7 years (in case of being the last).
Way to download iOS 26 on an iPhone
If you have an or higher iPhone, and want to try this beta (although with the precautions we already comment), you must follow the steps we detail now:
- Sign up for developer programsince, otherwise, these will not appear, which are the first to leave.
- Go to the Settings of the iPhone
- Paragraph General
- Access to Software update
- Enter the new option that will leave «Beta updates«
- Select iOS 26 Developer Beta
- Go back and download the one that appears to us, as if it were a normal one.
At this time, the latest version released by Apple will be downloaded and installed, which is currently Beta 1 of iOS 26, but where the following will appear, as well as the final.
If you want to know my first experience with iOS 26, I leave the subject so that you can read it, although I already warn you that it is not good, especially in performance, something normal in the first of these, and one of the reasons why we do not recommend its installation as soon as a personal phone, being only a test version for developers, as its name indicates, being able to adapt its apps to the new style.
And you, have you tried it? Leave us a comment with your experience in case you have done it, and if you regret or think it was a good decision, since it depends a lot on the type of iPhone and other factors, having opinions of all kinds, especially at the beginning.
