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It looks like iOS 26 simply dropped, and but, Apple is again at it with one other replace. As of Monday, iOS 26.1 is formally in beta testing, which implies builders and public testers can check out Apple’s subsequent replace early.

“Level updates” like iOS 26.1 are by no means as feature-filled as the principle releases, although 26.1 appears significantly small in scope. Apple appears to have accomplished most of what it deliberate to do with iOS 26, saving simply smaller modifications for this upcoming replace. Nonetheless, there are some attention-grabbing new additions on this newest beta, and extra may are available in subsequent releases. Here is what’s new.

Apple Music gestures

If you wish to skip a tune in Apple Music, you hit the ahead button. If you wish to get again to the earlier tune, or restart the present tune, you hit the again button. With iOS 26.1, nevertheless, you may have the choice to swipe to change between songs.

Within the present beta, you may swipe proper and left on the Now Enjoying bar to change backwards and forwards via your queue. With it, Apple has eliminated the skip ahead button from the Now Enjoying bar. (The again button wasn’t current.) It is a small however cool characteristic, however one which may take some time to get used to.

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Video playback bar

Within the present model of iOS 26, the video playback bar within the Pictures app is flush with the UI. You may love or hate it, however it may be a bit troublesome to make it out, relying on the video in query. The play button and mute button, for instance, can disappear when iOS cannot change their colours to face out from the background.

iOS 26.1 beta 1, nevertheless, introduces a brand new video playback bar that’s separate from the UI. It appears good, and is simple to see always. Once more, a small change, however a wise one.

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Reside Translation languages

Reside Translation for AirPods is a implausible new characteristic that robotically interprets conversations you are having with somebody who speaks a language you do not perceive. As long as you could have an iPhone 15 Professional or newer, in addition to AirPods Professional 2, AirPods Professional 3, or AirPods 5 with Energetic Noise Cancellation, you have been capable of strive it out since iOS 26’s launch.

Apple initially rolled out assist for French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain), however plans to increase the record sooner or later. With iOS 26.1, it provides 4 new choices, together with:

• Chinese language (Mandarin, simplified)

• Chinese language (Mandarin, conventional)

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

Eight new languages for Apple Intelligence

Customers with an iPhone 15 Professional and newer, hear up: Apple Intelligence helps eight new languages in iOS 26.1. As of this primary beta, that features the next:

• Chinese language (conventional)

• Danish

• Dutch

• Norwegian

• Portuguese (Portugal)

• Swedish

• Turkish

• Vietnamese

Liquid Glass involves the Telephone’s keypad

Liquid Glass, Apple’s new design language, is not in every single place in iOS 26. Whereas a lot of the UI now has a glassy look, some components nonetheless seem like iOS 18 and earlier. The Telephone app’s keypad was one such instance: Whereas the app itself is very a lot modified with this replace, swap to the keypad, and it appears the identical as ever.

That modifications with iOS 26.1. The beta brings Liquid Glass to the keypad, which, whereas in line with most of iOS 26’s design, does scale back the visibility of the keys a bit, particularly in mild mode. I would not be stunned to see Apple workshop this one a bit.

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Calendar

Every time you could have Calendar in Record view in iOS 26.1, you may see your day by day occasions color-coded by their respective calendars, relatively than merely listed in opposition to the identical white background.

References to third-party smartwatch assist

You probably have an iPhone, you realize the one smartwatch that actually works nicely with it’s the Apple Watch. Some watches supply notification assist, however most easily do not jive nicely with iOS.

That may be altering sooner or later. Code throughout the iOS 26.1 beta references a brand new “Notification Forwarding” characteristic, which may assist you to select a third-party system to ship your iPhone alerts to. As well as, an unfinished “AccessoryExtension” choice may be the framework that permits you to pair a third-party watch to your iPhone.

These are simply references in code, not one thing you can actively check out within the 26.1 beta, nevertheless it’s value noting. Apple is experimenting with supporting third-party watches on iOS, although it may simply be to appease the EU’s “Digital Markets Act.”