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Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1 and More

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Apple today provided developers with the second betas of upcoming iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1 updates for testing purposes. The second betas come two weeks after Apple released the first betas.

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The new betas can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

Apple Intelligence is now available in more languages in the updates, including Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), and Vietnamese. AirPods Live Translation also works with Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese (both Mandarin Traditional and Simplified) in iOS 26.1.

Liquid Glass has been expanded to the Phone app's keypad, Apple Music has a new swipe gesture for changing tracks, and there are visual changes to Calendar, Safari, and Photos. Details on what we've found in iOS 26.1 so far can be found in our iOS 26.1 beta 1 feature list.

The iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1, betas will be released later in October.

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NicosAccount
9 months ago

Liquid Glass has been expanded to the Phone app's keypad. This is what Apple calls innovation these days! Pathetic
are you ok my man?
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BGrifter
9 months ago
No thanks. I’m waiting on 18.7.2
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dchronus
9 months ago

Keep grinding, boys. iOS 26 won't touch my phone until Siri is fixed
Siri isn’t “fixed” on iOS 18 right now either 🤷🏻‍♂️
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tywebb13
9 months ago
builds

iOS 26.1 beta 2 (23B5059e)
iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 (23B5059e)
macOS Tahoe 26.1 beta 2 (25B5057f)
macOS Sequoia 15.7.2 RC 1 (24G313)
macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 RC 1 (23J115)
tvOS 26.1 beta 2 (23J5558e)
audioOS 26.1 beta 2 (23J5558e)
visionOS 26.1 beta 2 (23N5028e)
watchOS 26.1 beta 2 (23S5017d)
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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ScooterComputer
9 months ago

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, MacRumors staff… SPLIT the iOS/iPadOS and macOS releases into separate threads!!! The code bases are NOT close enough yet such that issues can be tracked regardless of platform. Stuffing these releases together in one thread does a disservice to those of us trying to socially communicate about issues and troubleshoot them; it turns into a cross-platform swamp of distractions.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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braddick
9 months ago

Hopefully this fixes Wired CarPlay!!!
Go wireless.
Problem solved.
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