Apple Seeds iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 Release Candidates

[MacRumors]

Apple today provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1 updates for testing purposes. The RCs betas come a week after Apple released the fourth betas.

The new betas can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update.

Apple Intelligence is now available in more languages in the updates, including Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), and Vietnamese. AirPods Live Translation also works with Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Chinese (both Mandarin Traditional and Simplified) in iOS 26.1.

There's a toggle to adjust the opacity of Liquid Glass, the Lock Screen Camera swipe can be disabled, and there are visual changes to Calendar, Safari, Apple Music, and Photos. Details on everything new in iOS 26.1 so far can be found in our iOS 26.1 feature list.

The iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1 software will be released in early November.

Article Link: Apple Seeds iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 Release Candidates

 

[Astuces iOS]

Yipeeee I guess

 

[xxFoxtail]

macOS RC update not appearing for me.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Can't be worse!

Seriously, I'm excited for the update.

 

[Dmoney77]

So I’m guessing there’s no iOS 26.0.2 coming out then.

 

[Corpuscle]

macOS RC update not appearing for me.

We assume you need help in getting the update. What specifically can we do to help you out?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I suppose stable might come this week?

Would there be differences between release candidate and beta 4 ?

 

[mdnz]

I suppose stable might come this week?

Would there be differences between release candidate and beta 4 ?

Next week most likely.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Next week most likely.

And does release candidate usually differ from its previous beta ? In this case beta 4

 

[TwoBytes]

Has this got all the dev logging code that drains battery?

 

[Miamtl]

Has this got all the dev logging code that drains battery?

Personally im still running IOS 26.0 RC since based on my experience both 26.0 RC and 18.0RC had better battery life than retail

 

[Artemiz]

And does release candidate usually differ from its previous beta ? In this case beta 4

I'm not sure if you're just asking to ask but you've been on the forums long enough to know that RCs have a newer build than the betas before it. And that public release is some time in the week after the RC release.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I'm not sure if you're just asking to ask but you've been on the forums long enough to know that RCs have a newer build than the betas before it. And that public release is some time in the week after the RC release.

I've had stressful day and took a med that makes me very slow, if you wanna know everything

 

[SactoGuy18]

The fact iOS 26.1 RC is out means there will be NO iOS 26.0.2 unless an intermediate fix has to be pushed out by tomorrow at latest. Be aware Apple could push out another RC by this Friday if bugs in the RC are identified.

 

[axantas]

And does release candidate usually differ from its previous beta ? In this case beta 4

I do not know, whether it "usually" does not differ from the previous beta. But in this case I can confirm, that the RC is in fact the Beta 4.

 

[Attirex]

I've had stressful day and took a med that makes me very slow, if you wanna know everything

So you would say you have a love/hate relationship with Apple products?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

macOS RC update not appearing for me.

Kinda late in the day, the usual release time has always been 10:00am PST

 

[tywebb13]

builds

iOS 26.1 RC 1 (23B82)
iOS 18.7.2 RC 1 (22H123)
iPadOS 26.1 RC 1 (23B82)
iPadOS 18.7.2 RC 1 (22H123)
macOS 26.1 RC 1 (25B77)
macOS 15.7.2 RC 4 (24G325)
macOS 14.8.2 RC 4(23J126)
tvOS 26.1 RC 1 (23J580)
audioOS 26.1 RC 1 (23J580)
visionOS 26.1 RC 1 (23N48)
watchOS 26.1 RC 1 (23S36)

 

[Séamus Boyle]

I do not know, whether it "usually" does not differ from the previous beta. But in this case I can confirm, that the RC is in fact the Beta 4.

I do not know, whether it "usually" does not differ from the previous beta. But in this case I can confirm, that the RC is in fact the Beta 4.

Isn’t beta 4 different from this RC? They are not the same.

 

[powertenor]

Sure hope they have fixed the CarPlay bugs with the iPhone 17 Pros. Totally unusable!!

 

[Selena Agna]

Apple Intelligence in more languages.

You poor, poor people who'll now get dark patterned into turning on these worthless features so Cook can sell you an Apple Intelligence PLUS subscription next year.

 

[Qubelek]

Lord, give some fix cuz this iOS BinLagin hard since day 1… half of the things is broken here. I dont know how you guys test this software… or maybe it’s because they hired some cheaper developers in Apple…

 

[MalcolmJID]

iOS 26.1 seems to have finally sorted the weird banding issue across widgets. It's possible it's just masked with the new gradient of course, but it at least appears to be gone.

 

[CloneBB]

Sure hope they have fixed the CarPlay bugs with the iPhone 17 Pros. Totally unusable!!

works fine for me. User error?

 

[SkimPappa]

I

Sure hope they have fixed the CarPlay bugs with the iPhone 17 Pros. Totally unusable!!

i use mine daily. Haven’t noticed any issues. What are you experiencing?