Apple unveils iOS 26, featuring its Liquid Glass design language, an updated lockscreen, and new features in Camera, Safari, Phone, Messages, Music, and more
Apple is sharing details about its next big iOS update. … Apple has announced iOS 26, the next version of its iPhone operating system …
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Discussion
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@wongmjane
Jane Manchun Wong
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iOS 26 finally autofills one-time code from Google Voice and other third-party app notifications 🥹 [image]
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@betomoedano
Beto
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I can't see anything 😅 [image]
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x.com
x.com
on x
gonna make this the new imessage group chat background [WhatsApp's default chat background]
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@al8atros
Dawid Wilewski
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#WWDC25 new ios26 looks amazing! [video]
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@betaprofiles
@betaprofiles
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It's kinda messy huh?🤔 [image]
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@bzamayo
Benjamin Mayo
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Shout out to @jon_prosser for the most impressive iOS 26 leak of the season, a first look at the new Camera app design way back in January https://www.youtube.com/...
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@thekitze
@thekitze
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the new iOS switch is the most cursed UI element I've ever seen in my life [image]
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@wongmjane
Jane Manchun Wong
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I'm still not used to iOS 26... The paddings are too much and inefficient of the vertical space. The search bar is at the bottom instead of being tucked at the top; The keyboard is slightly taller Many of my muscle memories have to be relearned
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@katienotopoulos
Katie Notopoulos
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Apple now adding your passport in Wallet that will be accepted at TSA for domestic flights....... Apple just sherlocked the RealID?
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@andrew_osu
Andrew O'Hara
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Apple is crushing this. The new call screener and hold assist in the Phone app game changers. Those are huge. #ios26 #wwdc25 [image]
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@vadimyuryev
Vadim Yuryev
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Extra features in iOS 26 that Apple didn't mention! #WWDC25 [image]
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@stammy
@stammy
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this just seems harder to read? #ios26 [image]
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@mkbhd
Marques Brownlee
on x
iOS 26. Who's going all clear? [image]
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@stevemoser
Steve Moser
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iOS 26 Feature Bento Box. Looking forward to kick the tires on the foundation models. [image]
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@stevemoser
Steve Moser
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New camera app and icon. Android phone makers: start your photocopiers. I'm glad they brought the tab bar back in Photos. [image]
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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ORDER TRACKING COMING TO iOS 26! LETS GOOOO #WWDC25 [image]
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@zollotech
Aaron Zollo
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Phone on iOS 26 New unified layout Voicemail summaries from apple intelligence Call screening (answers by itself in the background and once shared it rings your phone) Hold assist (keeps your spot while you wait) [image]
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@bzamayo
Benjamin Mayo
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Some of these iOS 26 app icons look really nice, like the lushness of the new Wallet app. [image]
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@mkbhd
Marques Brownlee
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The new Phone app adds 2 features I loved on Pixel: Call screening (though automatically instead of manually) and Hold assist [image]
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@mattswider
Matt Swider
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iOS 26 redesign 📸Camera app is simpler in design 🖼️Photos app brings back tabs. 👀3D effect photo effect seen in Apple Vision Pro (make 2D photos 3D) appears on the lockscreen 🧭Safari & FaceTime are getting design tweaks [image]
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@mattswider
Matt Swider
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💬Apple's Live Translation in iOS 26 ✅Messages offers real-time as you type ✅FaceTime offers translations through captions Pretty cool if it works. Stay tuned for our testing on The Shortcut! [image]
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@mattswider
Matt Swider
on x
iOS 26 Messages (aka what people still calls iMessage) includes shared backgrounds (like WhatsApp) and other features 🖼️Backgrounds 📊Polls 💰Apple Cash in Groups 💬Group typing indicators 👀Screening [image]
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@anshelsag
Anshel Sag
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Looks like @Apple Intelligence is slowly playing catch up. Now with Live Translation. The Call screening and hold assist were already on the Pixel, too. [image]
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@maxwinebach
Max Weinbach
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They fixed the photos app lol [image]
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@bzamayo
Benjamin Mayo
on x
Photos has tabs back again (kinda)!
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@stevemoser
Steve Moser
on x
Floating bottom bar is back in Safari in iOS 26! [image]
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@scobleizer
Robert Scoble
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Apple's power is it can come late and still bring AI to everyone. It can hand pick use cases to make “magical.” Like this, where your iPhone will let you do other things while you are waiting on hold. Just so slow to arrive. But I will use this a lot.
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@leakerapple
@leakerapple
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Call Screening and Hold Assist coming to iOS 26!! [image]
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@sdw
Sebastiaan de With
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This looks like a very thoughtful, beautiful redesign of Camera. Very nice. [image]
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@joannastern
Joanna Stern
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Love these phone app updates! Call Screening doesn't let call through until the caller has said who it is. And hold assist stays on hold for you so you can do other things. [image]
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@sdw
Sebastiaan de With
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New Home Screen! [image]
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@blunderchief.blather.ing
Wes Davis
on bluesky
Apple just announced you can take a screenshot and use AI to do things like pull out info from a show flyer and add it to your calendar. — Insane to me that this wasn't part of the iOS 18 visual intelligence rollout in the first place. [image]
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@briansangles
@briansangles
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Ok Visual Intelligence looks actually legitimately useful. Now please, please, please nail the APIs so developers can actually make super cool experiences like this. #WWDC25 [image]
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@mkbhd
Marques Brownlee
on x
Remember Android's circle to search? Now iOS 26 Visual Intelligence extends to things on your screen and does the same thing. Can look up products, or extract text, and add calendar events, etc [image]
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r/LocalLLaMA
r
on reddit
Apple Intelligence on device model available to developers
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@tomwarren.co.uk
Tom Warren
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I'm glad Apple is adding widgets to CarPlay with iOS 26. They're the same widgets and Live Activities that app developers use right now www.theverge.com/news/683644/ ...
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@eva.town
Eva
on bluesky
*admiring the liquid glass treatment on my CarPlay screen inside my Mustang and driving straight into a brick wall*
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@edwardhayn
Edward Hayn
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@BrandonButch Small call notification is such a huge thing actually
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@ethancferguson
Ethan Ferguson
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@theapplehub Holy W! Espically the incoming phone call not longer taking up the entire screen when gps is on!
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@vadimyuryev
Vadim Yuryev
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Liquid Glass CarPlay with Widgets looks amazing! #WWDC25 [image]
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@briansangles
@briansangles
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CarPlay Ultra looking amazing, crazy that a good Car UI outside of tesla, took Apple having to fix it for the car makers. #WWDC25 [image]
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r/CarPlay
r
on reddit
iOS 26 Upgrades CarPlay in Five Ways