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Apple Rolls Out iOS 26.1 With Liquid Glass Toggle, Alarm Swipe-to-Stop, Security Patches

The update focuses on readability, fewer accidental taps, plus extensive security fixes.

Overview

  • A new Liquid Glass control in Display & Brightness lets users switch from Transparent to Eingefärbt to reduce UI transparency and improve legibility.
  • Alarms now require a right-swipe slider to stop while a tap triggers snooze, reducing accidental shutoffs.
  • Camera settings add an option to disable the lock‑screen swipe that opens the app to prevent unintentional launches.
  • Apple Music gains swipe gestures to skip tracks and AutoMix transitions now work over AirPlay, with FaceTime audio quality improved on low bandwidth.
  • Apple publishes dozens of security fixes across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS, with no actively exploited vulnerabilities noted, and it expands languages for Apple Intelligence and AirPods Live Translation, which remains unavailable in the EU for now.