Overview

• Apple seeded iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS 26.1 developer betas on September 22, limited to registered developers with public betas expected to follow.
• The initial focus is bug fixes, performance and reliability improvements following last week’s OS 26 launches rather than major new features.
• Apple Intelligence gains support for Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), and Vietnamese, with AirPods Live Translation adding Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).
• Early UI tweaks include an updated Photos scrubber, Liquid Glass styling for the iPhone Phone app keypad, and a swipe-to-skip gesture in Apple Music, with some reports noting wider bottom controls in Safari.
• Noted build numbers include iOS/iPadOS 23B5044l, macOS 25B5042k, tvOS 23J5543j, visionOS 23N5013j, and watchOS 23S5002i, installable via Software Update or the Apple Developer Center.