Apple advertisements a number of enhancements in newest iPhone, iPad and Mac updates

Apple has slid out its newest batch of software program updates, and there’s much more than the slide-to-unlock mechanic returning.

iOS 26.1

Now you can flip down Liquid Glass within the Show Settings part of your telephone, iPad or Mac. You’ll be able to nonetheless use the Accessibility Settings to show it down much more, however this new, barely extra fogged, possibility referred to as Tinted ought to assist most people who find themselves aggravated by it.

One characteristic I’m enthusiastic about is the power to disable the choice to swipe left to tug the digital camera up. With the iPhone 16/17 collection, I’ve defaulted to utilizing Digicam Management to open the digital camera, so this gesture was redundant. Nonetheless, it will be cool to pin one other app there, like Notes or Reminders.

As I discussed above, there’s a brand new (outdated) mechanic within the alarm and timer sections of the Clock app that permits you to slide to cease your telephone from buzzing to assist forestall unintentional touches on these groggy mornings.

In the event you’re an Apple Music subscriber, there aren’t many adjustments, however now you can swipe left and proper on the now-playing bubble to skip tracks. I additionally noticed individuals within the beta mentioning a brand new icon for Auto Combine that weaves the A and the M right into a waveform, however that looks like will probably be within the subsequent replace. That stated, on this replace, AutoMix will now work when utilizing AirPlay.

In the event you use the Exercises app, there’s now an choice to log customized exercises. In the event you’ve been taking part in soccer with out your watch on or forgot to report your exercise, now you can add it in manually.

You may additionally discover extra left-aligned textual content throughout the OS. The Settings app and the titles of folders in your homescreen are two good examples.

iPadOS 26.1

Apple’s pill will get a lot of the main updates I discussed above, however most notably, this replace brings again SlideOver. This was a beloved Apple Multitasking characteristic that was stripped out in favour of a number of home windows within the new Mac-inspired iPad mode.

Whereas the brand new mode presents much more flexibility, in case you select to not use it, you lose entry to three-app multitasking. Now, with the newest replace, you should use the characteristic, however it’s worthwhile to use the Home windows Apps or Stage Supervisor multitasking codecs. If in case you have one in every of these enabled, you may faucet and maintain on the inexperienced stoplight button to disclose the choice to SlideOver.

This new model is thrilling as a result of it permits you to slide an app over to the left or proper sides, plus you may resize the app you’re hiding. Beforehand, it simply turned an iPhone-sized app pinned to the facet of your show. Now you can also make them horizontal, sq. or iPhone-like.

macOS 26.1

There isn’t a lot to notice right here, besides for a similar Liquid Glass discount possibility you’ll discover on the iPad and iPhone. Nonetheless, in case you’ve began utilizing the brand new clipboard historical past characteristic constructed into Highlight, now you can prolong its reminiscence from seven hours to eight days.