iOS 26 icons, public beta feedback and iPhone 17 rumors
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 549
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Summary
The hosts discuss public beta feedback for iOS 26, covering user reactions to the new "bubbly" UI and its consistency across Apple's ecosystem, along with challenges in the Camera and Music DJ apps. They then thoroughly review the redesigned iOS 26 app icons, highlighting improvements and some design quirks. Finally, the episode examines a rumored iPhone 17 Pro prototype sighting and evaluates the latest camera and color lineup leaks.Episode description
Benjamin and Chance analyze the new iOS 26 icon set, as well as respond to some public beta feedback Chance has received from his family. Also, a test iPhone 17 prototype was seemingly caught on camera on the streets of San Francisco.
And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance has finally updated to watchOS 26 beta, and the pair discuss the surprising utility of the new wrist flick gesture. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.
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