Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1

[ypl]

Hopefully restores normal corners, normal buttons that look clickable.

Forget it: capsules + transparency are concepts at the core of LiquidGlass. They're staying. For (theirs) good, and (ours) bad.

 

[The_Martini_Cat]

Were we promised "promoted texts from unknown texters are never seen upon my phone, and don't make a noise?" Also, how about a special "do not send me a notification about $.013 cents of Apple Cash have been credited to your Apple Account" button?

 

[JPOWA]

It is available for NL in this beta! So probably more EU countries also

Can you please see if Siri is available in Portuguese (Portugal/European)

 

[cocky jeremy]

Did they fix the problem where they don’t test anything?

Why would they test it? That's what we're for. 😆

 

[Lizzard899]

Weird. I use Total wireless from Verizon, shows as activated on Verizon, works for me. I find it funny it says Verizon everywhere on my phone where it used to say something else.

Yea if u click on the reddit link there youll see all the complaints.

 

[nikhsub1]

Maybe the wifi dropping fix?

 

[Eureka20]

I can't imagine it getting much worse than this release was but yet I expect it to get worse??

 

[chloe.app]

Is Apple Intelligence gaining support for Norwegian and other languages shown at WWDC back in June in this version?

 

[srknpower]

Is Apple Intelligence gaining Turkish support with iOS 26.1? Thanks in advance.

 

[winxmac]

Releases:
iOS 26.1 beta (23B5044l)
iPadOS 26.1 beta (23B5044l)
macOS 26.1 beta (25B5042k)
tvOS 26.1 beta (23J5543j)
visionOS 26.1 beta (23N5013j)
watchOS 26.1 beta (23S5002i)

Source

 

[maika1305]

When do we expect wide release? This is the buggiest release across everything I own (Mac, iPhone, watch, iPad) that I can remember.

Based on historical data, could be as soon as mid-October or even later in the month

 

[DiscoMcDisco]

Erm, am I the only person who has barely had a single problem with any 26 beta from day 1? You all moan about stuff I have literally never seen and i’m a dev/test specialist.

I almost want to get all your steps to reproduce and see if I just missed them or simply don’t get the problem

Iterate, refine, improve… moaning about shiny edges (which are frankly lovely) while I’m out here wanting UI Scaling that goes with text size cos why should i have a button thats near on full screen with the smallest text choice… for 16 years…

 

[MALmen]

Apple Intelligence available in Swedish

 

[Reeneman]

Icon outline pop-in is still there :/
At least the dark/bright keyboard when it opens up seems to be improved.

 

[HouseLannister]

Everyone would be happy about a much more bug-free upgrade

Then they would have had to postpone it until 2027.

 

[Rexel69]

Imagine if Apple had taken the beta phase seriously. Instead of releasing a new version every two weeks, they waited four weeks. Just like developers of Ubuntu, LinuxMint or Windows do. And simply postponed the release by a few weeks.

Everyone would be happy about a much more bug-free upgrade, instead of now having to "looking forward" for new updates to fix the bugs.

I know! That would be so innovative and special, you would be able to call it “think different”.

Let’s be clear — Apple doesn’t release a beta and then sit around waiting for a couple of weeks to see what happens. iOS 26 was built and tested internally months ago. The public and developer betas are part of a structured process, primarily aimed at developers, so they can test their apps and games, report bugs, and ensure everything runs smoothly ahead of the final release. The notion that the beta is a last-minute trial run is a significant misunderstanding. It’s a critical phase of ongoing development, not a polished product for everyday users.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

How about just an option to disable liquid glass?

I get that it’s polarizing, but, they are not going to do that.
Like it or not, liquid glass is their new design aesthetic.
You couldn’t just disable aqua, or just turn off Skeumorphism, or reverse the flatness of iOS 7.
Not sure why anyone would think liquid Glass is any different.

 

[smaffei]

They need to fix the dumpster fire that is tvOS 26. That "Add User" hang-up is just unforgivable. Also, the problems with audio / video synch in various apps is making the whole viewing experience unbearable.

 

[JPOWA]

Apple Intelligence available in Swedish

Only Apple Intelligence or also Siri?

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Imagine if Apple had taken the beta phase seriously. Instead of releasing a new version every two weeks, they waited four weeks. Just like developers of Ubuntu, LinuxMint or Windows do. And simply postponed the release by a few weeks.

Everyone would be happy about a much more bug-free upgrade, instead of now having to "looking forward" for new updates to fix the bugs.

I know! That would be so innovative and special, you would be able to call it “think different”.

I don’t understand how them releasing a new beta every four weeks would change anything? Instead of nine betas there’s now only five? OK, the bugs are still going to exist.

 

[SparklyApple]

Erm, am I the only person who has barely had a single problem with any 26 beta from day 1? You all moan abiur stuff I have literally never seen and i’m a dev/test specialist.

I almost want to get all your steps to reproduce and see if I just missed them or simply don’t get the problem.

Iterate, refine, improve… moaning about shiny edges (which are frankly lovely) while I’m out hear wanting UI Scaling that goes with text size cos why should i have a button thats near on full screen with the smallest text choice… for 16 years…

Here’s two for you to try. Alter your Safari settings for tabs to be at the bottom, then try and post in this forum. Bet you’ll find the text in the text box turns light grey and very difficult to read.

Second, are the up/down arrows on this forum in a consistent place or do they float around like they’re filled with helium?

 

[MALmen]

Only Apple Intelligence or also Siri?

Also the new Siri

 

[BingWho]

Lets hope they don't mess it up again on MacOS.

 

[filchermcurr]

I sure hope macOS has some bug fixes. My list so far (and yes, I have reported them with screenshots, videos, exact reproduction steps, and detailed descriptions):

- The favorites sidebar is cut off in Save / Save As dialogs and can't be resized with the resize handler.
- Samba shares don't remount when clicking in the Finder sidebar anymore. They just say: "“” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found."
- Remember the Windows XP days when you'd drag a window and it would repeat itself over and over and over and over when dragging? There are sometimes regions that will do that. I haven't quite pinpointed the exact cause, but it's the size of a window in the background.
- Scrolling can sometimes get extremely choppy. Unexpected on an M4 Pro with 48 GB of RAM.
- Scrolling in Apple Notes barely works at all when using a mouse instead of a trackpad.
- Notes markdown exports don't work properly with some image types (like handwriting). It exports a markdown file that expects 'FallbackImage.png' but the actual file in Attachments is called Preview.png.

Some of these are obviously relatively minor, but they affect me all the same. I didn't bother with the other minor visual issues that crop up from time to time, they're well documented elsewhere.

 

[DiscoMcDisco]

I don’t understand how them releasing a new beta every four weeks would change anything? Instead of nine betas there’s now only five? OK, the bugs are still going to exist.

Sorry, but in any ‘normal’ agile methodology, you work in 2 week sprints, dev/test/release/feedback/new sprint… 1 month is NOT a normal dev practice.

I’m working to daily releases matey, very small, very focused, simpler feedback just more frequency. Don’t set us back to the 90’s.