Karly Wood
After the release of iOS 26 Developer Beta 1, Apple will also release the iOS 26 Public Beta for testing purposes. We always aim to create a guide on how to enroll your device to download and install the iOS 26 Public Beta configuration profile on your iPhone or iPad.
Before starting the mentioned tutorial, ensure you address the following points, listed in three bullet points.
Point 1 is for a backup of your device- You must have a Fresh backup Copy of your iOS device. If you don’t have one yet, then go to Settings – Apple ID banner [User name] – iCloud – iCloud Backup and back up the device.
Point 2 tells you that if iCloud storage is full and you don’t want to upgrade iCloud Storage, then you can take a backup with Apple iTunes using these steps-
Connect it to your Apple Mac or Windows Pc – Launch iTunes – Select your device in the top left menu bar – to encrypted backup in plain English to make a password-protected back up don’t miss to check to mark the box of Encrypt back up. Lastly, click on Backup.
Point 3 states that the user device must be a compatible iPhone running iOS 26. If you have a device running iOS 16, you should consider upgrading, as all devices that support iOS 18 can also run iOS 18, except for the iPhone 11.
Start on How to install iOS 26 Public Beta on iPhone or Apple iPad
Step #1. Open the Safari Browser on your iOS device and hit on beta.apple.com
Step #2. Tap the Sign up button if you have used the iOS Public Beta.
Step #3. Now, Sign in and hit to Get Started section.
Step #.4 Next, Enter your Apple ID and Password then Click on Sing-In.
Step #5. Now, agree to the terms and conditions.
Step #6. Then, select the iOS tab and tap on Enroll your iOS device appears under the Get Started section. Then, click on the Download profile.
Tap on Install at the top right corner. Then, you need to enter your Device Lock Passcode. Tap on Install to accept the beta agreement.
Step #7. Now, Tap on Install at the lower to confirm.
Then, tap on the Restart button to rebooting your iOS device.
After your iPhone or iPad has rebooted, it will start downloading the iOS 26 Public beta Configuration Certificate.
Step #8. Once your iDevice has downloaded the public beta software, you need to open the Settings app on your iDevice → General → Software Update.
Step #9. When the Public Beta update shows up, tap on Download and Install.
Then, enter your Device lock screen Passcode.
Hint: Some of the users might get the Storage button instead of Download and install switch. Therefore, you unable or in other words, you can’t download the iOS 26 Public Beta. So in this case, the user must require to free up storage space on its device to install the latest Operating system profile. You can offload Apps, Free up Storage Space in iOS.
Wait until your device starts downloading the iOS 26 Public Beta Profile.
After downloading has completed, tap on the Install button.
Wait until the full process is completed. After your iPhone or iPad (Air, Pro, or Mini) has rebooted, it will have iOS 26 Public Beta 1.
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