What's new in iOS 26.1 beta 1: More Apple Intelligence languages, MCP in the works

The first developer beta of iOS 26.1 is here and makes Apple Intelligence features like Live Translation available to even more users. Here's what's new.

iOS 26.1 Adds New Apple Intelligence Languages and Expands AirPods Live Translation

With iOS 26.1, Apple Intelligence is gaining support for additional languages, including Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese ...

iOS 26 could get a major AI boost with the Model Context Protocol

The iPhone could soon gain support for the Model Context Protocol, a move that could make third-party AI tools more useful on Apple products than ever before.

Apple working on MCP support to enable agentic AI on Mac, iPhone, and iPad

With today’s rollout of developer betas, Apple began to lay the groundwork for adopting Anthropic’s protocol for agentic AI.

iOS 26.1 beta adds new languages for AirPods Live Translation and Apple Intelligence

OS 26.1 beta 1 is here, bringing five new languages for AirPods Live Translation and eight language additions to Apple Intelligence overall.