Overview
- Apple released fourth betas to developers and public testers for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS, including iOS/iPadOS build 23B5073a, macOS build 25B5072a, and tvOS build 23J5571a.
- A system-wide Liquid Glass setting now lets users choose Clear or Tinted transparency on iPhone, iPad, and Mac to increase contrast and legibility.
- Apple Intelligence expands to eight languages: Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
- AirPods Live Translation adds Chinese (Mandarin simplified and traditional), Italian, Japanese, and Korean, building on the feature available with compatible AirPods models.
- iPadOS 26.1 reintroduces Slide Over as a single resizable app window, while iOS gains tweaks such as swipe to change tracks in Music, a Slide to Stop alarm action, a Lock Screen camera-swipe toggle, clearer Local Capture settings, and a refreshed Apple TV app icon reflecting the Apple TV rebrand.