Apple Releases iOS 26.4.1 and iPadOS 26.4.1 With Bug Fixes

[DocMultimedia]

Whoo hoo! Apple Intelligence has arrived. 🤪

 

[iPhoneFan5349]

People need to move on from it, it’s getting old now, people are focusing on iOS 27, it’s not going away whether people want it or not

Of course it will go away. They won’t tolerate to have that awful design

 

[finchna]

The notes (in the Software Updates) on my iPhone say 26.4.1 "introduces Playlist Playground and Concerts in Apple Music, and 8 new emoji, along with other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPhone." There's a link to information about the security content. So there seems to be some security updates included.

 

[chrfr]

The notes (in the Software Updates) on my iPhone say 26.4.1 "introduces Playlist Playground and Concerts in Apple Music, and 8 new emoji, along with other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPhone." There's a link to information about the security content. So there seems to be some security updates included.

Most of those are from 26.4. I assume your phone is on an earlier version of iOS than 26.4.

 

[Plutonius]

Does it get rid of liquid glass ?

 

[CATiNTHESTORE]

Does it get rid of liquid glass ?

yes

 

[Neepman]

26.4 was the worst buggy s-show for in quite a while at least for me. Broke scrolling and ability to search emails. all kinds of stupid stuff.

 

[AppleWes]

Why does 26.4.1 even exist? Couldn't they just wait until 26.5? Getting tired of these constant x.x.1 releases.

 

[Siliconguy]

Nope, still busted. A trillion dollar company can’t figure out the most basic thing expected from a phone — what a clown show.

No, the most basic thing expected from a phone is phone calls. SMS is number two. I'd put the contact list as number three, and possibly a calendar as number four. A web browser would be no higher than five, and possibly other things would push it even further back.

What I'm hoping for is a fix for whatever is sucking down inordinate amounts of battery life in iPadOS 26. The battery life on this new A16 iPad is worse than on the heavily used 9th generation iPad running the current iPadOS 18.

 

[chrono1081]

I was hoping for an Xcode update that fixed the constant crashing canvas*...but no dice.

*To anyone experiencing this if you switch the simulator to 26.2 it will work but still be VERY slow.

 

[Seanm87]

How do I update apps on the app store now? Why has that been removed?

 

[Winterpark]

Apple chasing their tail with one buggy update after another, I need to hire an assistant to keep up with their crappy updates.

 

[B4U]

How do I update apps on the app store now? Why has that been removed?

Ever since 26.4, that is buried in one level deeper.
Open App Store, tap the top right corner to show "Apple Account". Then it is in the Updates portion in the middle of the page.

(I don't understand why Apple has to make this change...😵)

 

[diego.caraballo]

Of course it will go away. They won’t tolerate to have that awful design

Talking Liquid Glass with Apple

I spent three days talking Liquid Glass with Apple in NYC. Here’s what you need to know.

captainswiftui.substack.com

"The rationale usually points to the initial community backlash, the slower adoption rate of iOS 26, and the news that Alan Dye left Apple for Meta. The prevailing theory has been: “Just wait it out. They’ll revert to flat design.”

I shared this exact sentiment with the Apple team.

Their reaction? Genuine shock. They were actually concerned that developers were holding onto this position. They made it emphatically clear that Liquid Glass is absolutely moving forward, evolving, and expanding across the ecosystem.

Their exact warning to me was that those who don’t adopt it now “are gonna find themselves in a tough position later.”

During the workshop, they admitted they have seen teams who are only interested in doing the bare minimum—just enough to keep their app from breaking when the new system is forced on. While that is technically allowed, it is a dangerous game of technical debt.

We had them confirm the hard truth: Xcode 27 will absolutely not have the deferral flag, and it will not respect it if you leave it there, anyway. When Q1 2027 rolls around and Xcode 27 becomes the mandatory minimum for compiling to the App Store, glass will be enabled globally, period."

 

[Winterpark]

People need to move on from it, it’s getting old now, people are focusing on iOS 27, it’s not going away whether people want it or not

Almost nobody likes liquid glass and even fewer want it and absolutely nobody needs it...

 

[Chris Kaplan]

People need to move on from it, it’s getting old now, people are focusing on iOS 27, it’s not going away whether people want it or not

I agree. That is the why you have a choice in this world if your not living somewhere like Russia or North Korea. You don't like Apples design? Fair enough, take it or buy android. Your money, your choice, your freedom. Apple is the company making iPhones and they are deciding about its design. If people are not ok with it, they should switch to the android where every UI is the basically same one in terms of design. To me, every android UI looks like a cheap outdated Temu phone (but i absolutely respect people buying it and loving it) and that is the reason why i really love liquid glass design, which is so far the best looking and unique design. Elegant, futuristic. So that's why i am using iPhone and not Xiaomi or Samsung. Or at least one of the reasons. If Apple adds some kind of transparency reduction for those people (which is already somehow there in a form of tinted liquid glass), it would be nice, i guess. At least don't forget what apple was known for. It was always that apple is the one who knows best how to create a perfect device without tons and tons of different customisations. I think that there are far more major problems with iOS than liquid glass tbh.

 

[Chris Kaplan]

my 17 pro max has been laggy and slow since RC

EDIT: App store is blazing fast like before RC, hope it doesn't go to *hit in a few days.

Welcome to the family son

 

[31 Flavas]

We appreciate your sacrifice.

Word is, this new release makes Safari snappier.

 

[Zenman12]

Reducing transparency (and all the other available settings like Increase Contrast, Tinted Liquid Glass, etc) isn't the same as turning it off.

Sure the transparency can be reduced somewhat - but there are other aspects of liquid glass which I find horrible. Like excessively rounded corners.

No, reducing transparency is not turning it off. Turning it off would be a switch to disable transparency, completely. That also does nothing for the horrible shape-shifting borders around icons and widgets.

..and until then, I'm sticking with iOS 18.

You guys go off of the misleading name and never even used it. Lmao. 😂 🙄

But sure. Whatever you guys say. 👍

 

[multicore]

M2 iPad got it, but iPhone 13 Pro can't find it.

 

[Joe94]

Ever since 26.4, that is buried in one level deeper.
Open App Store, tap the top right corner to show "Apple Account". Then it is in the Updates portion in the middle of the page.

(I don't understand why Apple has to make this change...😵)

You can also long press the appstore icon and click updates.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

You guys go off of the misleading name and never even used it. Lmao. 😂 🙄

But sure. Whatever you guys say. 👍

I have iOS 26 on my work phone. I know how it works.

Are the borders still around the icons and widgets? Yes, they are.

 

[Black_Mage]

Installing the update now. I like bug fixes.

 

[Zenman12]

I have iOS 26 on my work phone. I know how it works.

Are the borders still around the icons and widgets? Yes, they are.

The borders are not Liquid Glass.

 

[sw1tcher]

Why does 26.4.1 even exist? Couldn't they just wait until 26.5? Getting tired of these constant x.x.1 releases.

You do know you're not required to upgrade, right? Just wait until 26.5