{"id":554187,"date":"2026-08-01T05:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554187\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:08:29","slug":"heres-everything-you-should-know-about-ios-26-before-apple-releases-ios-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554187\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Everything You Should Know About iOS 26 Before Apple Releases iOS 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The new iPhone models run iOS 26 and have either an A19 or A19 Pro chip: (left to right) iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 ProPatrick Holland\/CNET<\/p>\n

Apple announced iOS 27<\/a> and more at its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference<\/a>\u00a0in June. The upcoming iPhone<\/a> operating system will introduce Siri AI<\/a>\u00a0and a handful of other features<\/a> to compatible devices<\/a> this fall. But before that, now is a good time to check out all the features\u00a0iOS 26<\/a>\u00a0and its updates brought to your device over the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apple released that update in September 2025<\/a>, and it introduced call screening<\/a> and other<\/a> features to your device. The update also gave your iPhone\u00a0Liquid Glass<\/a>, the first major design shift on the device since Apple released\u00a0iOS 7<\/a>\u00a0in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Tech<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the release of iOS 26, Apple released more iOS updates, which include more features, changes and improvements to your iPhone<\/a>. Those updates have also made it easy to change features on your iPhone, including the Liquid Glass design.<\/p>\n

We put together this guide to help you navigate and use the latest features in iOS 26. This page will also help you keep track of the subsequent iOS 26 updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Zachary\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZachary McAuliffe\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior writer\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him hanging out with his wife, son and dog in their home.
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