Regardless of a prolonged WWDC keynote, Apple did not have time to promote every new function delivery with iOS 26. As such, we proceed to find out about new options and smaller adjustments as beta testers discover the brand new OS. These testers have sniffed out one new addition that’s small, however enjoyable: Your iPhone is getting a brand new ringtone.

Technically, it is getting a unique model of an current ringtone. At the least, that is how Apple apparently sees issues: Following the discharge of iOS 26 beta 2, Apple has, for the primary time, added an alternate model of one among its signature ringtones—particularly, “Reflection,” the default iOS ringtone that Apple initially launched with the iPhone X. Supplied Apple would not change issues between now and the discharge of the ultimate model of iOS 26, as soon as you have upgraded you may discover a drop down arrow subsequent to “Reflection” in your telephone’s ringtones settings. Faucet that, and you may see two choices: “Default,” which is the acquainted tone, and “Alt 1.” That is your new ringtone.

What’s maybe extra fascinating than the tone itself is the truth that eager beta observers truly discovered it buried within the first beta for iOS 26: Whereas Alt 1 wasn’t an possibility within the Ringtones settings, the sound file itself was current within the IPSW file for the working system, as this X consumer found on June 18. You may hear the ringtone itself within the embedded submit:

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I do hear similarities between the Alt 1 and Default variations of Reflection, however, to be trustworthy, Alt 1 sounds distinctive sufficient to my ear to deserve its personal entry. Apple might have known as this “Rumination” or “Refraction” or something actually, and I do not assume many would have complained that it sounded too near the prevailing default ringtone.

To be honest, although, Alt 1 is a fairly cool title for a ringtone. And who is aware of—Apple might change the title or make it a separate entry earlier than the OS is formally launched. It might additionally add extra alternate tones, or delete Alt 1 solely. We cannot know till the ultimate model of iOS 26 rolls out this fall.