Hey there, You might trie this: I had updated the iOS emulator to iOs 26.0, earlier I had iOS 18.4 and 18.6 and the latest 26.0 I removed the iOS 18.4, and I configured the simulator to run iOS 26.0, and in the first start of the simulator with the new iOS version the sound glitched a bit (I had a YouTube video open in a safari tab) I Quite the core audio process (the OS restarts it automatically after) then the sound was back normally, after that in the simulator no kind of media can be played (it shows a play logo with a side arrow on it). then I just quite the simulator and reopened it again, and it did work. no glitches with the sound from the browser tab, and the sound in the simulator works (tried YouTube on safari) and media content. I hope this is clear and helps someone, use the latest iOS version, -> quite the simulator -> Reopen it again -> (if sound glitches still happen force-Quite the core audio process) -> Reopen the simulator again. I tried this on an Intel Mac running MacOS 26.0 and the latest version of Xcode and Simulator. good luck.