Apple is constant to check the iOS 26.4 beta, and the most recent replace is now out there for builders and public beta testers. As testing goes on, there are fewer new options in every beta, however immediately’s launch provides new emoji characters and some different modifications.
New Emoji
Apple added new emoji characters, together with trombone, treasure chest, distorted face, furry creature, combat cloud, orca, and landslide.
There are additionally new pores and skin tone modifiers folks wrestling and dancers with bunny ears, in addition to a gender impartial choice for the ballet dancer emoji.
Scale back Vibrant Results
Apple renamed the prior Scale back Highlighting Results Accessibility setting to “Scale back Vibrant Results,” and defined what it does.
Apple says the characteristic “minimizes highlighting and flashing when interacting with onscreen parts, corresponding to buttons or the keyboard.
RCS Encrypted Messaging
Apple has eliminated the RCS end-to-end encryption beta within the fourth beta of iOS 26.4 after testing it within the prior three betas. Apple already stated that end-to-end encryption for RCS wouldn’t launch within the iOS 26.4 replace, and would as an alternative be launched sooner or later.
Apple examined end-to-end encryption for iPhone-to-iPhone RCS conversations, and iPhone-to-Android conversations. iMessage communications are already encrypted, however in a future iOS replace, full implementation of RCS encryption will imply that iPhone-to-Android textual content message conversations have the identical stage of encryption.
New Machine Assist
iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 beta 4 are the primary betas which are in a position to be put in on the brand new iPhone 17e and M4 iPad Air.
Extra New Options
We’ve got a listing of all options present in prior betas in our iOS 26.4 characteristic information.