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iOS 26.1 Public

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Public release

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The public iOS 26.1 release added appearance, translation, media, capture, fitness, camera, communications, child-safety, and security improvements.

Date
Nov 3, 2025
Availability
available
Revision
No

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  1. About the security content of iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1; released November 3, 2025

  2. About iOS 26 Updates

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · iOS 26.1

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

Low-bandwidth FaceTime and child-safety defaults

documentedconfirmed

Apple improved FaceTime audio under limited bandwidth and enabled Communication Safety and adult-site filtering by default for existing child accounts in the documented age range.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1

compatibility · changed

Additional AirPods Live Translation languages

documentedconfirmed

Live Translation with compatible AirPods expanded to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Italian language support.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1

enhancement · changed

Local capture gain and file-location controls

documentedconfirmed

Local capture added gain control for external USB microphones and let users choose where captured files were saved.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1

enhancement · changed

Apple Music navigation and AutoMix over AirPlay

documentedconfirmed

Apple Music added MiniPlayer swipe navigation between tracks and extended AutoMix playback to AirPlay.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1

enhancement · changed

Tinted Liquid Glass appearance

documentedconfirmed

A new setting let users choose a higher-opacity tinted Liquid Glass treatment instead of the default clear appearance.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1

security · fixed

iOS and iPadOS 26.1 security hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented a broad security set covering privacy, sandbox boundaries, protected data, locked-device exposure, media handling, system services, and WebKit.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 · iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1; released November 3, 2025

enhancement · changed

Manual workouts and Lock Screen camera control

documentedconfirmed

The Fitness app gained direct manual workout logging, and Camera settings added control over the Lock Screen swipe gesture.

  1. [1] About iOS 26 Updates · iOS 26.1