From Beta to Brilliant: What’s New in iOS 26
Apple elevates the iPhone experience with iOS 26
iOS 26 is a major update that brings a complete visual overhaul, deeper customization, smarter features, and enhanced accessibility. It introduces over 125 new features and changes, making it one of the most significant iOS updates to date.
iOS 26: here’s all the new features for your iPhone
Visual & UI Overhaul
At a forefront is a glass like user interface, giving app icons shimmer using gyroscope and refraction light effect. It include Dark, light modde in app icons, Control Center, lock screen buttons, and widgets are more rounded and translucent with new effects and toggle leayout. It has new keyboard design with rounded keys, darker tones and simplified glymps
Home Screen Cutomizations
A new spatial screen option creates subtle motion effects for people or pets on wallpapers. Always on display can blur the background for more clear display. It has new shimmer notifications. It includes new full control over preview format and lookup
Camera and Photos
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Screenshot and Screen Capture
Taking screenshots now opens a full-screen editor instantly, with a new “Highlight to Search” feature powered by Circle to Search and ChatGPT. A dedicated “Screen Capture” settings section includes options for HDR/SDR output, CarPlay screenshots, and calendar detection from images.
Keyboard and Navigation
The keyboard features rounded keys, and you can swipe back from anywhere—not just the screen edge. Safari now has a modernized UI with a new address bar, streamlined tab view, and bottom tab layout option. Sharing includes options like Create Note, Snippet, and Run Script.
Apple Inteligence Features
Apple Intelligence integrates throughout the OS, allowing AI-generated summaries, real-time translation, and smarter automation. Messages now support custom group backgrounds (including AI-generated), live translation, polls, group typing indicators, and improved search. The Genmoji feature has been upgraded to Mixmoji, allowing users to combine emojis into unique creations.
Phone Apps
he Camera app receives a major layout refresh with modes now located below the capture button and a consolidated menu for formats, resolution, and frame rate. Lens cleaning suggestions and customizable interface indicators enhance usability. The Photos app is simplified into “Library” and “Collections” tabs, allowing collapsible sections and easy creation of spatial photos for a 3D effect.
