Following more than a month of beta testing, iOS 26.1 is now available to the general public. The update lets you adjust the look of the Liquid

For its first major iOS 26 update, Apple adds live translation improvements, streamlined gesture controls, and visual settings, and more. Updates are also available for iPadOS and macOS.

Code in the first iOS 26.2 beta hints at a new feature that will make AirDrop more private by allowing users to set PIN codes when users connect devices.

Apple is giving you more control over your iPhone's Liquid Glass redesign, as well as a useful new security setting.

Apple has released iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, fixing approximately 50 vulnerabilities across a wide range of system components.

iOS 26.1 also adds a handy improvement to Apple Music. The MiniPlayer, the small bar at the bottom of the app, now lets you swipe left or right to jump to the previous or next song. It’s a small gesture tweak, but one that makes music navigation smoother without needing to open the full player.

In real estate, location is everything, and the bottom corners of the iPhone lock screen are the prime spots. Each is an easy thumb press away when your device is still locked. Before iOS 18, those posts were held by the flashlight and camera buttons, and there was no way to change them.

Apple’s iOS 26.1 update revives the classic 2007 “slide to unlock” gesture with a new “slide to stop” alarm feature for better control and fewer mistakes.