{"id":174418,"date":"2025-09-22T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174418\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:38:09","slug":"watchos-26-1-beta-1-rolling-out-for-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/174418\/","title":{"rendered":"watchOS 26.1 beta 1 rolling out for Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/watchOS-26.1-b1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"watchOS 26.1 beta 1\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple Watch got a major new watchOS 26 software update <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/15\/ipados-26-now-available-with-huge-upgrades-heres-whats-new\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a>, but now beta testers can try out the next update that\u2019s coming. watchOS 26.1 beta 1 is rolling out now to developers.<\/p>\n<p>Apple releases watchOS 26.1 to beta testers<\/p>\n<p>watchOS 26 introduced a Liquid Glass redesign to the Apple Watch, alongside new features like the Notes app, wrist flick gesture, Apple Intelligence features, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Today, watchOS 26.1 beta 1 arrives as the first preview of what\u2019s coming next to Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, watchOS 26.1 is only available to users running the developer beta for watchOS.<\/p>\n<p>If you beta tested watchOS 26 but aren\u2019t ready for a brand new beta with potentially more bugs than before, be sure to disable Beta Updates inside the Watch app on your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>As the very first developer beta, it is likely that watchOS 26.1 will introduce new bugs and performance issues not found in the public version of watchOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, it\u2019s also expected to come with new features and changes too. We\u2019ll keep you posted on any and all changes discovered in the first beta for watchOS 26.1.<\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed any changes in the watchOS 26.1 beta? 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