26.1
What's New
iOS 26.1 delivers targeted fixes across UIKit, SwiftUI, HealthKit, and wireless frameworks. Notable improvements include UWB parameter expansion for nearby accessories, SwiftUI macro availability expansion, and HealthKit Blood Pressure authorization UI consolidation. Developers should recompile against the 26.1 SDK to receive critical SwiftUI fixes and be aware of UIDocument annotation changes that may surface new warnings in existing code.
Highlights
- NINearbyAccessoryConfiguration now supports additional UWB parameters including hopping mode
- Animatable macro available starting iOS 13, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13, watchOS 6
- HealthKit Blood Pressure authorization UI consolidated to single switch control
- UIDocument main actor annotation corrected, may surface new Swift warnings
- Multiple SwiftUI fixes including navigationLinkIndicatorVisibility crash and toolbar button rendering
- AssetPackManager.url(for:) error handling fixed for locally available assets
Breaking Changes
- UIDocument main actor annotation corrected; existing code may generate new compiler warnings or errors