iOS 26.1 Coming Soon With These 8 New Features for Your iPhone

The upcoming iOS 26.1 update includes a fistful of caller features and changes for iPhones, including a toggle for changing the quality of the Liquid Glass design, "slide to stop" for alarms successful the Clock app, and more.


iOS 26.1 is presently successful beta testing. The update volition apt beryllium released successful the archetypal fractional of November, and it is compatible with the iPhone 11 bid and newer, but immoderate features are constricted to newer iPhone models.

Below, we person outlined 8 caller things coming successful iOS 26.1.

Liquid Glass Toggle

iOS 26.1 lets you take your preferred look for Liquid Glass.

In the Settings app, nether Display and Brightness → Liquid Glass, determination is simply a much transparent "Clear" enactment and a much opaque "Tinted" option.

Lock Screen Camera Toggle

In the Settings app, a caller "Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera" toggle lets you crook disconnected the quality to swipe near connected the Lock Screen to rapidly unfastened the Camera app.

Slide to Stop Alarms

When an alarm goes disconnected successful the Clock app, iOS 26.1 shows a caller "slide to stop" power connected the surface for turning disconnected the alarm. On erstwhile iOS 26 versions, determination is simply a ample "stop" button, which could beryllium accidentally tapped.

This alteration — which besides applies to timers — comes aft Apple importantly accrued the size of the "stop" fastener successful the Clock app connected iOS 26.

Song Swiping

You tin present swipe connected the euphony subordinate successful Apple Music to power betwixt songs.

Apple TV+ Rebrand to Apple TV

Earlier this month, Apple announced that its Apple TV+ streaming work is being renamed to Apple TV, with a "vibrant caller identity." iOS 26.1 lays the groundwork for this alteration by introducing a much colorful Apple TV app icon.

More Apple Intelligence Languages

Apple Intelligence is present disposable successful Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), and Vietnamese.

More AirPods Live Translation Languages

AirPods Live Translation works with further languages successful iOS 26.1, including Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).

The diagnostic is disposable connected AirPods 4 with ANC, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Pro 3.

Background Security Improvements

In the Settings app, nether Privacy & Security → Security Improvements, determination is simply a caller enactment to automatically download and instal "Background Security Improvements." These are stopgap information patches issued betwixt afloat iOS updates.

This is simply a revamp of the anterior Rapid Security Responses feature.

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Read our lists of overall iOS 26.1 features and changes successful the latest beta.
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