Overview
- iOS 26.1 introduces a Tinted Liquid Glass setting that increases interface opacity for better contrast and legibility.
- Alarms now use a “slide to stop” control, and a new setting lets users disable the Lock Screen camera swipe gesture.
- Apple Intelligence expands to Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), and Vietnamese, with AirPods Live Translation adding Japanese, Korean, Italian, and both Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
- A Background Security Improvements toggle revamps Rapid Security Responses by enabling automatic installation of interim security patches between full releases.
- The coordinated 26.1 updates restore Slide Over on iPad with a resizable single window, add Apple Music’s mini‑player swipe and AutoMix over AirPlay, bring the Tinted option to macOS Tahoe, and deliver broad security fixes with no known active exploitation.