Explore iOS 26 CarPlay Beta updates, including widgets, Apple Maps, music features, and more for a smarter, safer driving experience.

Featuring a new visual design, new Apple Intelligence capabilities and updates to daily-use apps, iOS 26 provides a more expressive but still familiar iOS experience for users. Here's what to know.

First of all you'll need to install the iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 public beta from beta.apple.com. Once you've done that, open your AirPods case and let them do the usual connecting thing. If you then go to the AirPods page in Settings, you should see a message below the image of the AirPods telling you that beta software updates are available.