iOS 26: Listen to the new “Little Bird” ringtone and 6 new variants of “Reflection”
Apple’s iOS 26 operating system brings seven new iPhone ringtones, six of which are variants of the default “Reflection” ringtone, plus a new one called “Little Bird.”
Apple today released a sixth beta of iOS 26 and its other “26” operating systems launching this fall. Seven new iPhone ringtones are present in iOS 26 beta 6.
Six ringtones are various versions of the standard “Reflection” ringtone, but there’s also a brand-new ringtone, called “Little Bird,” and you can listen to them below.
iOS 26 brings new iPhone ringtones
The six new versions of the “Reflection” ringtone are named “Buoyant,” “Dreamer,” “Tech,” “Pop,” “Reflected,” and “Surge.” The “Reflected” version is the same as the “Alt 1” ringtone that appeared in the second beta of iOS 26.
These new ringtones are in addition to the classic “Reflection” ringtone, which continues to be available and is still set as the default iPhone ringtone. But as mentioned earlier, there’s also a new ringtone, called “Little Bird,” that sounds quite nice. Listen to the new ringtones below, as shared by Aaron Perris on X (Twitter).
A 7th new ringtone, this one is a new original one called Little Bird pic.twitter.com/0O5bcIhwGf
— Aaron (@aaronp613) August 11, 2025
If you have the latest beta installed, you can listen to these new ringtones in Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringtone. Apple created “Reflection” as the default ringtone for the iPhone X, which was introduced in 2017. Since then, “Reflection” has been the default iPhone ringtone. Before “Reflection” came along, “Opening” had been the default ringtone option on iPhones since iOS 7, which was released in 2013.
A new way to add ringtones to your iPhone
iOS 26 also brings a new way to add custom ringtones to your iPhone without using GarageBand for Mac or the built-in Music app for that. Now you can select a 30-second or less MP3 or M4A audio file in the built-in Files app and select More > Use as Ringtone to add it to the list of selectable ringtones in the Settings app.
Like before, you can also get iPhone ringtones in other ways, including from the iTunes Store and third-party ringtone apps and websites. Apple continues to sell 30-second music ringtones for $1.29 each on iTunes Store.
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