iOS 26 developer beta three has been released. If you notice anything new, you can add a comment. Please note that some voices are still not working for me in development beta three.
By Seamus, 7 July, 2025
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Messages notifications now work, as well as incoming phone sound
Subject says it all. Messages notifications now work as well as when you receive an incoming call from either the phone app or FaceTime app. Previous beta only your Mac would ring but not the phone. Now it works as normal again. thanks apple for resolving it quickly. lets keep sending feedback.
iOS 26 beta 3 released
Nothing new for VoiceOver users.
Audio Ducking Now Works
So in Beta 2, when you tried adjusting the volume of audio, when Audio Ducking was enabled, the media volume would not work. But now in Beta three, it works now.
New velocity options for VoiceOver
in the ferocity section of VoiceOver, there is now a new section to manage and delete custom labels. You can also finally change the list position announcements.
A long delay for accessibility hints
I have noticed there is now more of a delay for an accessibility hint, if there is one. For example, on a Text field, there is now a lot of a delay before it says Text field double tap to edit.
New velocity options for VoiceOver
Hey Seamus,
Can you please explain what deleting custom labels is?
Thank you
deleting custom labels
in some apps that have not been designed with accessibility, you can double tap, and hold with two fingers to label something that’s not accessible. This has been a feature for years. There is just not been a feature until now where you can actually delete those labels. For example, let’s say that you have an app that has an unlabeled play button. If you double tap and hold with two fingers on that button, you can label it to say play. However, if you want to delete that label. After updating iOS 26, you will be able to do that.
The padding elements have disappeared!
The subject says it all! I'm happy to report that VoiceOver no longer sees the padding elements in beta 3. The keyboard is back to normal.
Are there any new voices for voiceover?
Are there any new voices for voiceover? That’s my favorite part of any of operating system updates.
there are some new Indian voices, but I have not tried them yet
there is one new Indian Voice however I have not tried it out yet
Deleting Labeled Elements
Hey Seamus,
Thank you for explaining it now. It makes sense now. Before you had to double-tap and hold with 2 fingers find the delete option on the keyboard. But now that is not the case. Thank you Apple. This is long overdue.
Agreed
This has been on macOS for sometime now, good to see it finally come to iOS as well. :-)