This iPhone update
- Thread starter HailStout
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I havent installed yet. What is 'something' about it?
Google summarized 26.1 changes as...
Key Features & Changes in iOS 26.1:
Google summarized 26.1 changes as...
Key Features & Changes in iOS 26.1:
- Liquid Glass Customization: Added a toggle in Settings > Accessibility to adjust the translucency of the new glassy UI elements.
- Alarm Control: Introduced a "Slide to Stop" gesture for alarms to prevent accidental dismissals.
- Lock Screen Camera: Users can now disable the swipe-left gesture to open the camera from the Lock Screen.
- Apple Intelligence/AirPods: Expanded language support for Apple Intelligence features and AirPods Live Translation.
- Apple Music: Added Song Swiping to change tracks in the music player.
- Apple TV App: A new colorful icon arrived, preparing for the Apple TV+ service rebranding.
- Maps: Introduced "Visited Places" to remember locations and personalized route alerts for frequent commutes in select areas.
- Wallet: Enhanced boarding passes for better flight tracking and sharing.
- Games App: New features to discover games, challenges, and see friends' activity.
- Background Security Improvements: Enabled automatic installation of critical security fixes.
I’ve had 26 for a couple months now. I love it. The call screening feature is awesome.
Feels like a big step backwards. Lots of extra stuff for no good reason. And everything has a glassy hue for no good reason. Feels like they did a bunch of stuff just to do it.
I don’t like the added step to closing out websites when using safari. Petty, I know but still.
This sums it up. There is a lot of that. Why add steps?
What isthe call screening feature? I’ve updated but didn’t see that. Definitely interested.
Have to click on the three dots to pull up another menu to then pull up the sites
I've had it for a couple of months (had to install it when I bought AirPods Pro 3), and don't really care for it but I've pretty much gotten used to it. One of the main things I like is what they did to Safari - too many things squeezed into the bottom, plus closing a tab is a squeeze like shrinking a photo. There are many other regressions, in my opinion.
You need something to make your phone immune to the effect. Like I’m doing. Have one so old that it is blocked from getting the update. iPhone XS for lyfe! (of the processor, battery, or logic board)
The only thing i don't like is some of the functions on safari.
For instance, trying to use the find function is a pain to get to.
That's the way most updates have gotten for iphones and androids. Its like they can't really come up w/ anything new so they just put tiny little crap fixes on it and call it an update i.e. a camera tweak, an "improved" speaker, a new kind of charge port, etc etc etc nothing really of any value
I think that it defaults to on, so you may never see calls that come from numbers not in your address book. Have not confirmed myself yet but a tech colleague of mine relayed that info to me. He's a long time Apple fan so he typically knows everything about what they are doing.
