iOS 26.1: These New Features Can Be Expected by Users
Apple is working on the first point release of iOS 26, which aims to fix some pain points on the iPhone.
Liquid Glass in iOS 26: A little less glassy in the future.
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Presumably as early as next week, Apple will release the first major update for iOS 26. It is expected to bring a whole series of improvements – and also convince users who, due to the major Liquid Glass changes to look and operation, initially stayed with iOS 18. Much is already known about the innovations from the beta for developers and the public, which was most recently released in its fourth edition. An overview.
Alarm Clock, Interface, Camera
First, Apple will address some annoying elements that were only added with iOS 26. These include the Liquid Glass interface itself, as well as the new alarm clock control. Apple had changed the interface for the latter in such a way that the buttons for switching off and snoozing could be easily confused, especially when drowsy. In practice, this could mean oversleeping in the worst case. The problem has been solved by reintroducing a familiar swipe gesture: In addition to the snooze button, you now have to operate a slider to turn off the alarm completely.
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With Liquid Glass, Apple is providing a further reduction of the partially illegible transparency effect – or rather, making it more accessible. There is now a switch in the "Display & Brightness" section that colors transparent areas (more intensely). This makes the entire interface more readable, even though the glass effect is naturally reduced. Another new feature that would have been desirable for iOS 18 is the disabling of the swipe gesture to take photos from the lock screen. This can now be individually deactivated.
Apple Music, Security, Apple Intelligence
Apple Music in iOS 26.1 brings a useful swipe gesture that allows you to quickly switch between tracks from the music player area. In terms of security, Apple is introducing the so-called Background Security Improvements in iOS 26.1, which promise faster installation of smaller security fixes. Actually, there was already a similar function called Rapid Security Response – what exactly changes here will be shown by the first such updates.
Apple Intelligence is delivering more languages for live translation, including Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Additionally, there is a report according to which the "Beta" logo of Apple Intelligence is said to have disappeared – however, the feature still lacks announced functions.
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