I really hope not! There are glitches every where and nowhere close to primetime. For me the keyboard still pops to from center to right align with the screen if any key is pressed. The thing that bothers me most personally is the animation when sliding down the notification view. It’s jarring and disorienting.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/25/ios-26-beta-testing-likely-complete/

iOS 26 Beta Testing Likely Complete After Apple Seeds Beta 8

Apple today provided developers with iOS 26 beta 8, which means that beta testing is likely coming to an end. Apple typically only seeds eight...

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@PKB this seems like a reason to avoid the first few months. Thanks for the update. I more often regretted updating earlier than later
@djlink yeah if I wasn’t such a masochist for running OS betas I’d also wait for 26.1 or ever .2 for this year’s sycle. Especially if you’ve got a device older than two years.