learn more about them here<\/a>.<\/p>\nNote that iOS 26 will come pre-installed on new iPhone 17 models when they launch on Friday, September 19, 2025.<\/p>\n
iOS 26: Liquid Glass and More<\/p>\n
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iOS 26 introduces a bold new design and intelligent features across the system. The new Liquid Glass interface brings a translucent, reactive look to the Lock Screen and apps, with time and elements adapting fluidly to wallpaper and motion. App icons and widgets can also now appear in a clear, customizable style.<\/p>\n
In iOS 26, apps benefit from a more content-focused layout: Safari now flows edge-to-edge, Camera has a streamlined interface, and Photos adds new Library and Collections tabs. Meanwhile, tab bars in Music, News, and Podcasts shrink during browsing to emphasize content.<\/p>\n
Apple Intelligence is upgraded with Live Translation in Messages, FaceTime, and Phone, plus Visual Intelligence now lets users analyze on-screen content to search or ask questions. Elsewhere, Genmoji and Image Playground now support more creative mixing, and Shortcuts gains AI-based smart actions.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Phone app gets a unified view of Favorites, Recents, and Voicemail, along with Call Screening and Hold Assist, while Messages adds sender screening, group chat polls, and backgrounds. CarPlay also sees visual improvements and smarter alerts.<\/p>\n
Other updates include: Apple Music’s AutoMix feature and lyrics translation, Maps’ Visited Places, Wallet’s installment payments and rewards, and a new Apple Games app as the hub for Apple Arcade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple will release iOS 26 on Monday, September 15. Much has changed in Apple’s iPhone software, including a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[304,3652,8403,641,11814,2306,7516,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-132783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple","tag-ios","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-mac","tag-mobile","tag-rumors","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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