New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Apple is preparing iOS 26.1, a quiet but meaningful change to how photos move off an iPhone. Third party apps will be able to upload images in the background, so you can start a backup or a post, switch to another app, lock the screen, and the transfer keeps going. It is the kind of fix you notice the first day you use it.

The change lives inside PhotoKit with a capability called Background Resource Upload. When developers add it, iOS handles the queue, manages power and network conditions, retries failed transfers, and marks jobs complete even when an app is not on screen. Apple labels the feature as beta for now, which means support will arrive through app updates over time.

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