- The third iOS 26.1 Beta is out now
- It includes a redesigned appicon for Apple TV that goes along with its Ommarking
- There are also hints that several third-party-ai integrations could come soon and there is a new local recording setting screen
The next beta for iOS 26.1 has now landed and although this does not include many changes from the previous beta, there are three notable changes.
First up, as discovered by 9to5Mac, the Apple TV app has a new logo that has a little more color for it than the old one. That in itself may not seem very remarkable, but it is part of Apple’s recently advertised reorganization of the service, which is now simply called Apple TV rather than Apple TV+and which according to Apple has “a vibrant new identity.”
Presumably, this liveliness will ultimately extend beyond having a more colorful app icon, but so far that’s all we get.
More AI settings
Other places in this iOS 26.1 Beta that is code spotted by X -User @Aaronp613, which suggests that Apple can soon offer third-party AI integrations than Chatgpt. Right now you can join the chat to Siri to get answers from the former to queries that Siri is not suitable for, but if you prefer another AI – such as Google’s Gemini – you’re out of luck.
In this iOS 26.1 Beta, however, some text has changed from “Report a concern related to chatgpt” to “report a concern related to a third party”, suggesting that other third -party AIS may become opportunities.
With iOS 26.1 Beta 3, Apple is getting closer to allowing additional third-party AI integration. Apple has replaced “Report a Concern related to Chatgpt” to “report a concern related to a third party” pic.twitter.com/25zw9wlenh13 October 2025
This is something that Apple first talked about implementing back in 2024, but this text change is a sign that it is finally happening soon.
The only other iOS 26.1 Beta 3 feature found is a local recording section on screen Settings. Created by X -User @zolloTech, this allows you to change where local recording files are stored and optional to change local recording to include only sound.
Local recording, if you don’t already know, is a feature that allows you to record audio and video on your page of a video conferencing call.
I iOS 26.2 Beta 3 .. New local admission setting under Settings -> General. pic.twitter.com/htwaanpopl13 October 2025
In any case, it is all so far in this latest iOS 26.1 beta, but earlier Betas also added features and improvements, such as a feature that makes it harder to sleep through your alarms and some gestures control in Apple Music.
If you are eager to grab these updates, you can download the latest iOS 26.1 Beta now, but we would expect the finished version to land soon so you may feel better to wait for it.
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