Overview
- Apple began the public rollout on November 3, 2025, with availability for iPhone 11 and newer models.
- A new Liquid Glass setting in Settings → Display & Brightness lets users choose Transparent or Tinted to reduce translucency in apps and on the Lock Screen.
- Specialist outlets report improved overall responsiveness with battery behavior returning to normal after issues seen with iOS 26.
- UI tweaks include a slide-to-dismiss action for alarms, a refreshed Apple TV app icon, an Apple Music swipe gesture, Slide Over returning on iPad, and added Fitness workouts.
- Apple Intelligence expands to eight additional languages, with reports citing Chinese, Portuguese and Swedish among them, while some coverage links the accelerated 26.x schedule to future Siri–Google Gemini work not part of 26.1.