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Apple Releases Second Developer Betas of OS 26.1 Across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV, and Vision Pro

Apple prioritizes AI language expansion with interface polish ahead of an expected late‑October release.

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Overview

  • Apple seeded iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS 26.1 beta 2 to developers, including iOS build 23B5059e and macOS build 25B5057f.
  • iOS 26.1 beta 2 adds a ‘Slide to stop’ action for alarms and timers, restores single‑app Slide Over on iPad, and enables external microphone input‑gain controls and recording save‑location options.
  • Design refinements include subtler Liquid Glass effects, left‑aligned Settings headers and folder titles, Calendar reverting from full‑width event colors, a tweaked Photos selection menu, and Safari’s Downloads behavior returning on iPad.
  • Apple Intelligence and AirPods Live Translation expand to additional languages, adding support for Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, Japanese, and Korean.
  • Beta 2 emphasizes bug fixes, stability, and AI groundwork such as MCP support and broader Image Playground hooks, with public betas expected within days and general availability anticipated later in October.