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Perhaps the most requested feature in iOS 26.1 is the ability to change how the new Liquid Glass user interface looks. After it was introduced in iOS 26, some people found that they didn't like Liquid Glass and wanted it turned off. Well, you can't turn it off, but you can make a small adjustment to it.
Finally, iOS 26.1 includes a new ‘Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera’ toggle in Settings. With this enabled, you’ll be able to swipe left on the lock screen to quickly access the camera, and since we've been able to do this for a while now, this new toggle exists more as a way to turn the feature off.
Apple has just released for download iOS 26.1 final version in both OTA Update and IPSW links form. Alongside iOS 26.1 for iPhone, Apple has also released iPadOS 26.1 for iPad.
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.
Apple released the first beta version of iOS 26.2 today to developers, and it includes some key design changes
If you’re looking to jailbreak iOS 26.1 on your iPhone but are confused on where to look, you have come to the right place. But the news might not be what you'd been hoping for.
The new Safari toolbar saves some space, but it's missing features we've had since the very first iPhone in 2007.
It fixes some previous bugs and adds Apple Intelligence support for 8 more languages. Apple has begun seeding its iOS 26.1 Release Candidate (RC)