iOS 26.1 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

[iLuddite]

Already feels smoother and the dark/light appearance bug seems fixed…Safari buttons matched my set dark appearance rather than starting off light as usual with 26.0

Much of the lag introduced with 26 seems gone as well, 16 Pro Max back to screaming fast

 

[hovscorpion12]

its funny that no mainstream users social media complains about this except here on macrumors.

My 17 PM has not shown any signs of any redraws or glaring issues that "Macrumors" users are experiencing.

 

[TL24]

App redraw issues and widget flickers have NOT been fixed.

This is just ridiculous at this point…

 

[MacBrim]

Any Apple Intelligence in Dutch ?

 

[dannyyankou]

You can now swipe in Apple Music to go to the next and previous track.

 

[iOSBry]

App redraw issues and widget flickers have NOT been fixed.

Would appear there are more glitches on various apps.

Stuttering and “tearing” in mail for me.

 

[thatJohann]

There are changes to messages bubbles vs 26.0. Now they have an outline around them on bad contrast backgrounds like light backgrounds.

26.0:


26.1:

 

[drak22]

Assistive Touch still won't go to sleep after taking a screenshot? It's been like this since iOS 26.0 beta 4 or so, and it doesn't look like they're going to fix it.

 

[iLuddite]

its funny that no mainstream users social media complains about this except here on macrumors.

My apps only redraw upon startup, presumably to correspond with the tinted appearance I have set, and it’s extremely fast so it doesn’t really bother me. If it were happening all the time that’d be a different story.

And I haven’t seen the flickering widget issue personally but across 26 betas and final I have seen many patches of weird flickering/botched translucency-transparency even with Reduce Transparency enabled so I entirely believe you

 

[thatJohann]

My apps only redraw upon startup, presumably to correspond with the tinted appearance I have set, and it’s extremely fast so it doesn’t really bother me. If it were happening all the time that’d be a different story.

And I haven’t seen the flickering widget issue personally but across 26 betas and final I have seen many patches of weird flickering/botched translucency-transparency even with Reduce Transparency enabled so I entirely believe you

If you click on a widget when using tinted app icons, the widget flashes to default light theme for a split second then when you go back to homescreen the widget goes to dark mode for 1-2 seconds before flicking back to tinted theme.

 

[hasanahmad]

This is just ridiculous at this point…

if it was an issue. it would be mentioned in the millions of ios videos

 

[hasanahmad]

Any Apple Intelligence in Dutch ?

26.2 in winter

 

[Hamsterhjulet]

26.2 in winter

Someone mentioned that Apple Intelligence is “Downloading” when set to Norwegian. Seems like there’s more languages supported.

 

[hasanahmad]

If you click on a widget when using tinted app icons, the widget flashes to default light theme for a split second then when you go back to homescreen the widget goes to dark mode for 1-2 seconds before flicking back to tinted theme.

yeah.. now i know why normal users don't care about this or haven't seen this outside macrumors

 

[hasanahmad]

Someone mentioned that Apple Intelligence is “Downloading” when set to Norwegian. Seems like there’s more languages supported.

maybe it is language. I heard 26.2 is 8 more languages for Airpods Pro live translation features to go alongside the AI language additions

 

[MrGimper]

Can't wait for everyone to be disappointed that none of the visual issues were fixed. 😂

Can't fix what's not broken 😉

 

[iLuddite]

iPhone 16 series modem firmware updated to 2.10.00; wiki updated

 

[WarmWinterHat]

yeah.. now i know why normal users don't care about this or haven't seen this outside macrumors

Normal users haven't even updated to iOS 26 yet. Apple hasn't pushed out a upgrade prompt.

 

[eoblaed]

Anyone know if the app redraws and widget flickers have been resolved? taking ages to install on my 16 Plus.

App redraw issues and widget flickers have NOT been fixed.

its funny that no mainstream users social media complains about this except here on macrumors.

This is just ridiculous at this point…

Safari stutters fixed in this update?

Curious what people have been seeing here as I've not experienced any of these issues (same with the two other devices I'm responsible for).

I would echo what someone else said, if it was an issue for any sizable percentage of the user base, there would be a raft of social media complaints (people love to complain about Apple) ... but there aren't. I'm guessing my experience is the majority experience.

Hopefully the issues you folks are seeing get resolved soon.

 

[Donga120]

iPhone 16 series modem firmware updated to 2.10.00; wiki updated

iPhone 15 series modem firmware updated to 3.10.00; wiki updated

 

[hasanahmad]

Apple intelligence now has old Siri animation

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Apple intelligence now has old Siri animation

It could be redownloading the support files.

 

[LutzRFrank]

Apple intelligence now has old Siri animation

then it hasn't completed loading the support files

 

[MLVC]

According to a comment on Reddit Apple Intelligence now works in Dutch. Haven't tested it myself.

 

[Ron21]

The phone dialer has liquid glass now on all the numbers.