Top Stories: iOS 26.1 Released, iOS 26.2 Beta, iPhone 18 Rumors, and More

Things were engaged successful Apple bundle onshore this week, with the nationalist merchandise of iOS 26.1 and updates for Apple's different platforms being rapidly followed by the circular of 26.2 betas with plentifulness much changes successful store.


On the hardware side, we're inactive wondering whether we'll spot thing much released earlier the extremity of the year, but either way, 2026 is shipping up to beryllium a large twelvemonth for Apple with updates crossed astir the full lineup and apt immoderate caller entrants arsenic well.

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Everything New successful iOS 26.1

Some six weeks aft the archetypal merchandise of iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and different large operating strategy updates, Apple this week released the archetypal important follow-on updates with the 26.1 versions.


iOS 26.1 adds a caller toggle to set the transparency of Liquid Glass, an enactment to crook disconnected the Lock Screen swipe motion to entree the Camera, a caller "slide to stop" fastener connected the Lock Screen for alarms and timers to trim accidental dismissals, caller Apple Intelligence connection support, and more.

Everything New successful iOS 26.2 Beta 1

As is often the case, the nationalist merchandise of iOS 26.1 was astir instantly followed by the first developer beta of iOS 26.2 arsenic Apple begins investigating the adjacent update up of an expected December release.


Changes discovered successful the archetypal beta truthful acold see a Liquid Glass slider for the Lock Screen clock, updates to the Sleep Score feature, the quality to set alarms for reminders, and more. EU users volition get entree to Live Translation connected AirPods with the update, though they volition lose automatic Wi-Fi web syncing betwixt iPhone and Apple Watch.

Report: Apple to Launch These New Products successful 2026

Apple is gearing up to release astatine slightest 15 caller products successful 2026, according to a caller recap from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, and it is apt to see a long-awaited revamp of the company's astute location platform.


It's imaginable we could adjacent get a fewer much updates to products similar the Apple TV and HomePod mini earlier the extremity of 2025, but if you're waiting for further caller Macs, you're almost surely going to request to hold until adjacent year.

Leaker Outlines Potential New Colors for iPhone 18 Pro

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models could beryllium disposable successful a caller affluent and lukewarm colour option, according to a known leaker.


The Weibo idiosyncratic known arsenic "Instant Digital" has claimed that next-year's ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro models volition beryllium disposable successful 1 of the pursuing colour options: coffee, purple, oregon burgundy. Despite immoderate archetypal media disorder reasoning Apple mightiness merchandise each 3 of the rumored colors, the leaker aboriginal clarified that Apple is presently inactive successful the determination signifier volition only determination guardant with accumulation connected 1 of them.

New Version of Siri to 'Lean' connected Google Gemini

The new, much almighty mentation of Siri reportedly coming astir March oregon April of adjacent twelvemonth volition seemingly leverage a customized mentation of Google Gemini arsenic Apple continues to effort to drawback up to the contention with its ain AI capabilities.


Apple volition reportedly pay Google successful the vicinity of $1 cardinal annually for a 1.2-trillion parameter AI model to powerfulness Siri.

The Best Early Black Friday Apple Deals

It's already November, which means the vacation buying play is getting underway up of the Black Friday unreserved aboriginal this month.


We're keeping tabs connected the champion aboriginal Black Friday deals connected Apple products, portion retailers similar Best Buy, Target, and Samsung person been sharing their aboriginal income and plans for the remainder of the month.

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