Apple Music’s gestures are updated: users can now slide left or right on the game bar now to jump forward or come back to the previous songs. With this change, Apple has deleted the Skip Forward button from the reading bar now. The rear button was not present before. Balayage is the new way to navigate the songs, according to the Lifehacker report.
The new scanning gesture is small but useful, although it can take some time to users to get used to it. The video reading bar in the Photos Application is redesigned. In iOS 26, the bar was hunting with the user interface, which sometimes made the play and dumb buttons that are difficult to see.
iOS 26.1 New features in photos and live translation
IOS 26.1 BETA has a separate video reading bar from the user interface, which facilitates it at any time. It is an improvement in small but intelligent design. Live translation for AirPods is a feature that automatically translates conversations for the languages you do not understand. It works with iPhone 15 pro or more recent and AirPods Pro 2, Airpod Pro 3 or AirPods 5 with active noise cancellation, depending on the Lifehacker ratio.
Apple originally supported French, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Spain) for live translation, but iOS 26.1 adds four new languages: Chinese (Mandarin, simplified), Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional), Italian, Japanese, Korean. Apple Intelligence now supports eight new languages for the iPhone 15 Pro and more recent, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
IOS 26.1 Design updates and support for the smartwatch
The liquid glass design language is now applied to the keyboard of the telephone application. Previously, the keyboard still looked like iOS 18 and earlier, even if other parties of iOS 26 have been updated. The liquid glass keyboard corresponds to the design of iOS 26 but slightly reduces the visibility of the keys to light mode. Apple can adjust this in future updates. Improvements of calendar applications: for the list, daily events are now coded by color by their respective calendars, instead of appearing on the same white background. IOS 26.1 BETA CODE refers to the support of SmartWatch thirds. Apple can allow users to transfer notifications to unaccompanied intelligent watches using a “notification transfer” feature. Another reference of beta code, “Accessoryexpension”, could be a framework for associating third -party watches with iPhones, but this functionality is not yet functional. These features linked to the SmartWatch can be Apple experimenting with EU regulations, such as the law on digital markets, to allow the compatibility of apparatus without Apple, according to the Lifehacker report.
Overall, iOS 26.1 is a minor update, but it brings useful gestures, a clearer video reading, more linguistic support for live translation and Apple intelligence, updates of the user interface such as liquid glass, calendar improvements and advice to the management of third -party smartwatch.
Faq
Q1. What’s new in iOS 26.1 for iPhone?
IOS 26.1 adds Apple music scanning gestures, lighter video reading, more live translation languages, a liquid glass keyboard design, a color coded calendar and advice on third -party intelligent watch support.
Q2. What iPhones support iOS 26.1 features?
Functionities such as live translation and Apple Intelligence’s language support operate on the iPhone 15 Pro and new models, while general user interface improvements apply to most iPhones.
