Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1 and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today provided developers with the second betas 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 second betas come two weeks after Apple released the first 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.

Liquid Glass has been expanded to the Phone app's keypad, Apple Music has a new swipe gesture for changing tracks, and there are visual changes to Calendar, Safari, and Photos. Details on what we've found in iOS 26.1 so far can be found in our iOS 26.1 beta 1 feature list.

The iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, tvOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1, betas will be released later in October.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1 and More

 

[Astuces iOS]

Won’t install unless it’s big…

 

[austinmm6]

Won’t install unless it’s big…

1.99gb on my 17PM.

 

[theeaglesfan005]

Won’t install unless it’s big…

1.96GB on my 17 Pro Max

 

[klasma]

AirPods Live Translation also works with Chinese (both Mandarin Traditional and Simplified)

It would be rather surprising if AirPods Live Translation could distinguish between the two.

 

[tywebb13]

builds

iOS 26.1 beta 2 (23B5059e)
iPadOS 26.1 beta 2 (23B5059e)
macOS Tahoe 26.1 beta 2 (25B5057f)
macOS Sequoia 15.7.2 RC 1 (24G313)
macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 RC 1 (23J115)
tvOS 26.1 beta 2 (23J5558e)
audioOS 26.1 beta 2 (23J5558e)
visionOS 26.1 beta 2 (23N5028e)
watchOS 26.1 beta 2 (23S5017d)

 

[Hank001]

8.86GB for a dev beta 2 (17 Pro, non-max)

 

[dchronus]

They really need to make this “patch notes” scroll box dynamically scale to get rid of the scroll bar lol

Small 1.96 GB update on iPhone 17PM. DB1 to DB2

 

[ZipZilla]

Keep grinding, boys. iOS 26 won't touch my phone until Siri is fixed

 

[dchronus]

Keep grinding, boys. iOS 26 won't touch my phone until Siri is fixed

Siri isn’t “fixed” on iOS 18 right now either 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[iFanaddic]

Good, 26.1 beta 1 has been by far the most unstable beta I have been on since first ios 26.0 beta.

• Phone kept ringing/vibrating after I picked up
• Phone was constantly saying it was full because of memory cache taking up to 50-55GB
• fell into diagnostic mode 3-4 times a day
• very buggy in general
  
  (iPhone 16 Pro)

 

[Hank001]

Siri isn’t “fixed” on iOS 18 right now either 🤷🏻‍♂️

Possibly won't be fixed in 7 years time when iOS 27 gets released. (Yeah yeah, I'll see myself out)

 

[eXoenDo]

Hopefully this fixes Wired CarPlay!!!

 

[BGrifter]

No thanks. I’m waiting on 18.7.2

 

[braddick]

Hopefully this fixes Wired CarPlay!!!

Go wireless.
Problem solved.

 

[Jonail]

Coming in iOS 31…

They really need to make this “patch notes” scroll box dynamically scale to get rid of the scroll bar lol

Small 1.96 GB update on iPhone 17PM. DB1 to DB2

 

[alancostello]

Go wireless.
Problem solved.

That's even more broke. Wireless CarPlay won't stay connected for more than 30 seconds.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Hopefully this fixes Wired CarPlay!!!

I’m not having Wired CarPlay issues, so I hope it doesn’t break it for me!

 

[St. Germain]

That's even more broke. Wireless CarPlay won't stay connected for more than 30 seconds.

Haven't had any wireless CarPlay issues on a 2025 Subaru Outback.

 

[braddick]

That's even more broke. Wireless CarPlay won't stay connected for more than 30 seconds.

Don't use CarPlay.
Problem solved.

 

[Diamondsr4everyone]

1.96GB on my 17 Pro Max

I had around 4.61gb on my 16 Pro Max

 

[RLRabb]

A version of Slide-over is back!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

The question that matters: Can you tone down or disable the liquid glass effect around icons and widgets?

 

[srbNYC]

Weird behavior on last few versions of tvOS: inconsistency over shows' appearing in "Continue Watching" list. I'm in mid-show on two Peacock programs, and only one appears. Have tried restarting Apple TV, and both the TV app and the Peacock app. Really inconvenient, and today's update didn't help.

 

[bmark]

Liquid Glass has been expanded to the Phone app's keypad. This is what Apple calls innovation these days! Pathetic