Get Ready for All the New Ringtones in iOS 26

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Apple released the third public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 14. The beta brought a handful of new features, like a new Liquid Glass design and the ability to screen incoming calls, to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. It also gave developers and beta testers seven new ringtones they can try now. 

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Many of the new ringtones are remixed versions of the Reflection ringtone. One version includes what sounds like woodwind instruments, while another sounds like a synthwave song you'd hear in Cyberpunk 2077.

Here are all the latest ringtones that Apple could bring to your iPhone this year and what they sound like.

Remember, Apple is still beta testing iOS 26. That means the update might be buggy for you, and your device's battery life may be affected, so it's best to keep potential troubles off your primary device. If you want to try out the beta, I recommend downloading it on a secondary device. 

It's also possible that Apple could adjust or remove certain features currently in the iOS 26 betas, including these ringtones, before the stable version of iOS 26 is released this fall. 

All the latest ringtones

You can find all the new ringtones by going to Settings, tapping Sounds & Haptics and then selecting Ringtone.

There are seven total new ringtones, but six of them are remixes of Reflections, the default ringtone of iOS 18. If you tap Reflections a dropdown menu unfurls to reveal these new ringtones.

  • Buoyant
  • Dreamer 
  • Pond
  • Pop
  • Reflected
  • Surge

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The standout ringtone for me is Dreamer. It's about 45 seconds long, and if I picked this as my ringtone I'd listen to it all the way through each time someone called. For a ringtone, it's a fun track, and when I first heard it I was waiting for someone like Wiz Khalifa to start singing a few bars.

There's also a new ringtone called Little Bird. It's a brand new option you can find in the ringtone list.

Watch this: Listen to Apple's new 'Little Bird' Ringtone in iOS 26

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For more on iOS 26, here are my first impressions of the iOS version, how to enable call screening in the beta and all the new features Apple said it will bring to your device later this year.

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