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

Apple today provided developers with the third 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 third betas come a week after Apple released the second betas.

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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 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.

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Top Rated Comments

jz0309 Avatar
8 months ago

that's not the issue. it releases for everyone at the same time. I had to Open Activity Monitor and search for 'UpdateBrainService'. Force Quit.
EVERY time a new beta or OS is released there are a dozen or so posts "I don't see it yet ... not here yet ..."
Nothing more to say
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
triptolemus Avatar
8 months ago

Any bugs fixed in this release or just bigger number?
Pretty sure the standard practice is to leave existing bugs, create new ones, and bump the version number.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Joseph C Avatar
8 months ago
Can someone go and wake up the teams working on Pages/Numbers/Keynote and Pixelmator please? 🙄
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
8 months ago
Safari’s liquid glass turned into glass shards after this update😭😭😭

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Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
8 months ago

it's definitely not showing up on my m1 . can I do anything about it ?
Be patient?
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
winxmac Avatar
8 months ago
Releases:
iOS 26.1 beta 3 (23B5064e)
iPadOS 26.1 beta 3 (23B5064e)
macOS 26.1 beta 3 (25B5062e)
tvOS 26.1 beta 3 (23J5563d)
visionOS 26.1 beta 3 (23N5033d)
watchOS 26.1 beta 3 (23S5022e)

Source ('https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/')
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)