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

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.

Macworld Just one day after releasing iOS 26.1 to the public, Apple has made the first beta of iOS 26.2 available to developers. While it’s too early to know everything that will be coming in the update,

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 is now available to all, featuring improved Apple Intelligence localization, along with new toggles for Liquid Glass, Local Capture, and more. Here's what's new.

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.

OS 26.1 is just days away, with a launch expected early next week. Here are my three favorite new features after using the iOS 26.1 beta.

Apple's iOS 26 has been out for months, but here are 18 features you may have overlooked because they didn't make headlines.