Apple published the second beta version of iOS 26.1 and iPados 26.1, introducing changes useful to alarms, multitasking on the iPad, and more. There are also subtle adjustments to some of the liquid glass design elements while Apple continues to refine iOS 26.
Alarms and timers
Alarms define using the clock application now have a slide to stop the button rather than a button Press the button on the lock screen stop. To repeat an alarm, you can type, but to deactivate it from the lock screen, you need to use a slide gesture.
The change makes it much more difficult to reject an alarm when you try to type on the rehearsal button. The slide to stop is also used for timer.
History safety improvements
The confidentiality and security section of the Application Settings now has a switch to automatically download and install safety improvements. This is a redesign of the previous quick safety responses.
Fitness application
You can now create personalized training sessions in the fitness application on iPhone. There are options to select the type of training, active calories, estimated effort, duration and time.
Settings application
Apple has changed the alignment of icons and text in the parameter application. All the parameters with headers that present the text now have this text aligned on the left instead of the aligned center.
This includes general, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular, personal hotspot, accessibility, etc.
Display settings
The display section of the Settings Application now has iOS 26 theme wallpaper instead of the IOS 18 wallpaper.
Home screen folders
When you press a folder on the home screen, the name of the folder at the top is left aligned instead of the aligned center.
iPados 26.1 Slide on
With iPados 26.1 Beta 2, Apple has reintroduced the slide. The slide operates alongside the multitasking features iPados 26 based on the window, so you can have several open windows and still slide to quickly access a slide on the application.
You can only have one slide on the application both in iPados 26.1, and you can use the functionality by pressing the resizing button for the green window and
Top on enter the slide.
External microphones on iPad
There is now an option to adjust the input gain on the ipad when using an external microphone.
Liquid glass
The light refraction effect around applications is now more subtle with darker icon colors and background colors.
Wallpaper
When defining a wallpaper on the lock screen, instructions like Pinch to Crop are temporarily displayed, then disappear, rather than being shown all the time.
View accessibility
As part of the text display and size section in accessibility settings, there is a new “display” drop. It adds a border to all the buttons and replaces the adjustment of the previous “button forms”.
Calendar
The change of application of the calendar which showed events with a color background in iOS 26.1 Beta 1 has been deleted.
Photo application
The interface to manage several photos that you have selected has been slightly modified. Play as a slideshow, favorite and mask is now at the top of the menu.
More features
Do you know something new in iOS 26.1 that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.
