Apple has just officially launched iOS 26 with a series of improvements from interface to smart features, promising to bring a more efficient and aesthetic experience to iPhone users.
Liquid Glass: New interface inspired by Vision Pro
The highlight of iOS 26 is the Liquid Glass interface, designed to be smooth and seamless with a simplified menu.
Users can customize colors, rearrangeicons, and even make them completely transparent.
The lock screen has also been renewed with an adaptive space background and clock, creating visual synchronization.
call and FaceTime apps are smarter
Recent and hopeless calls are combined into a single screen. In particular, the call screening feature forces strangers to confirm their identity and reason before connecting.
In addition, Hold Assist is integrated to help track waiting calls, supporting users to work differently.
FaceTime also adds real-time live translations, although it only supports some languages.
Camera and Photo are streamlined
The Camera app now has only two main buttons: taking photos and recording videos. Other modes such as portrait, panorama, slow-motion... are easily accessed by swiping.
The Photos app has been improved with a returned library and collection tab, while supporting spatial photos on iPhone 12 or later, providing more vivid depth.
service group message
Users can create a survey in the chat group, send payments via Apple Cash or customize the chat background. Messages also allows filtering messages from strangers, similar to the call screening feature.
Shortcuts and reminders for integrating Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is expanded for the first time in iOS 26. Users can create a text summary shortcut, use ChatGPT, or let the Do Not App automatically analyze emails, recipes, and suggest shopping lists.
Vision Intelligence (Visual Intelligence)
Users can search by taking a screenshot and selecting a specific area, similar to the Circle to Search feature on Android. iOS 26 also suggests related actions such as epidemics, creating calendar events, or searching with ChatGPT.
Smarter map
Apple Maps adds a feature to remember visited locations and suggest favorite routes, with a traffic jam warning. Users can preview the regular route right on the Maps utility.
Other improvements
Safari has a new toolbar, Apple Music supports AutoMix, and likes stamps. Wallet introduces digital passports, while Genmoji and Image Playground allow emoji combinations, adding expressions, and exploiting ChatGPT to create images.
With iOS 26, Apple continues to prove its ambition to optimize the user experience: more intuitive, smarter, and more connected to its device ecosystem.
