iOS 26, new Liquid Glass design and every part else Apple introduced

Apple‘s WWDC 2025 keynote gave followers a superb look into what their iPhones, iPads and Mac computer systems will appear like come this fall when the brand new software program updates come out. Key to the modifications is Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language, which is able to carry UI tweaks to all of its working techniques later this 12 months. The redesign focuses on streamlining issues and boosting productiveness whereas giving most parts a semi-translucent look. As to be anticipated Apple Intelligence options are baked into the entire forthcoming software program updates, and customers can anticipate to see up to date widgets, a number of overhauled apps and extra. Here is every part Apple introduced at WWDC 2025 this 12 months.

Liquid Glass design and new software program names

As was anticipated, Apple revealed a brand new visible design language coming to all of its working techniques dubbed Liquid Glass. It referred to as this new system its “broadest” design replace but, and it options semi-translucent options like redesigned widgets, notifications and extra. Apple is billing it as extra dynamic than the earlier design language, and a solution to carry much more consistency throughout all working techniques together with iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

Along with the redesign, Apple is revamping the names of all of its working techniques. As an alternative of iOS 19, for instance, we’ll have iOS 26 popping out this fall. iPadOS 26, watchOS 26 and others will observe swimsuit, marking the primary time Apple has given its software program updates 12 months identifiers as an alternative of arbitrary era numbers.

iOS 26

The modifications coming to iOS 26 are refined, however they offer it a clear feel and appear, with numerous overlapping parts, rounded corners and extra. Apple stated the design is impressed by visionOS, the working system that powers Imaginative and prescient Professional headsets. App icons have a barely totally different look, whereas toolbars and textual content inputs have see-through appearances. People will likely be pleased to know that issues are largely the identical — you should not have a difficulty figuring out key apps just like the Cellphone, Messages or FaceTime.

Cellphone app

Talking of the Cellphone app, it is getting the largest redesign since its launch with the unique iPhone all these years in the past. It places scrolling entrance and middle, permitting you to scroll by key contacts, latest calls and voicemail messages all on one display screen. A translucent bar on the backside of the display screen provides you fast entry to further contacts and the keypad. Maintain Help, a brand new characteristic, will mute maintain music however hold you on a name till somebody picks up on the opposite line.

Messages

Messages is getting a number of new options as nicely, together with the flexibility to alter your complete message background colour for group messages and polls amongst group chat members. New screening options consists of “unknown senders,” which sequesters these pesky spam messages to a separate house in Messages, so you possibly can hold your most necessary conversations within the forefront and ignore those who do not matter.

Apple Intelligence features are unfold all through the entire software program updates, and in Messages, there are some associated to Genmoji. In iOS 26, you’ll mix two present emoji to create a completely new, customized Genmoji, and you’ll even use ChatGPT to create Genmoji as nicely.

Live translate is coming to Messages, too, mechanically translating messages as you sort and delivering them to the receiver of their most popular language. Equally functioning stay captions will likely be out there in FaceTime, and Apple Music will get stay translation and stay pronunciation options to assist listeners get pleasure from music in different languages. The Name Translation API will likely be out there to third-party builders to make use of of their communication apps as nicely.

Maps and Pockets

Apple Maps will achieve the flexibility to study your routine and recommend different routes based mostly on visitors. It would additionally log your “visited locations”: cities, landmarks and enterprise that you’ve got been to, making it simpler so that you can discover locations you need to revisit once more.

Individually, the Pockets app will assist Digital ID, which helps you to create a digital ID that is totally different out of your driver’s license and passport and can be utilized to confirm your identification in some places. You will additionally be capable to add up to date boarding passes to Pockets once you’re flying.

Video games app

iOS 26 will characteristic a devoted Games app as nicely. It would characteristic a Library tab, the place you will discover the entire video games you have ever downloaded for iOS, and a devoted Apple Arcade tab for the entire titles included in that service. Challenges is a brand new characteristic will allow you to compete in opposition to associates in supported video games, together with supported single-player video games that builders.

Visible Intelligence

Visible Intelligence is getting baked into iOS 26’s interface a bit extra, permitting you to visually seek for something that pops up in your iPhone display screen. For instance, if there’s a picture of a jacket you want in your social media feed, you possibly can take a screenshot and use the brand new Visible Intelligence picture search characteristic to seek for related jackets throughout the online and different apps. You’ll be able to spotlight sure areas of your screenshot to refine the search additional.

watchOS 26

Along with the Liquid-Glass visible overhaul, watchOS 26 will carry Exercise Buddy to your wrist. The brand new characteristic will analyze your health historical past and determine insights in actual time as you are understanding. It takes form as a form of audio coach that may inform you of issues like the gap you have run, common pacing and people compares to earlier runs you have accomplished. New Apple Music integration can select playlists for you as nicely, based mostly on the kind of exercise you are doing.

Good Stack on Apple Watch is getting an replace as nicely, prioritizing the data that issues most to you relying in your routine. For instance, once you stroll into your health club, a Good Stack trace will seem in your watch that can shortly take you to the exercise app so you possibly can dive proper into your coaching session.

macOS Tahoe

The subsequent model of Apple’s desktop working system is dubbed macOS Tahoe, holding the traditional California naming scheme the corporate has been utilizing for a very long time. Liquid Glass design language is on the forefront right here, however long-time Mac customers will discover most issues look fairly acquainted, simply with a semi-translucent, rounded edge now. Customers can have the choice to make customized backgrounds, change the colour of their desktop folders and even add emoji to them.

iOS’ Cellphone app will likely be out there on macOS Tahoe, bettering the calling capabilities of Mac computer systems. With it, you possibly can extra simply entry your contacts and voicemail messages, and it’ll assist the entire new options the brand new Cellphone app in iOS 26 will, together with issues like Maintain Help.

Clever actions are coming to the Shortcuts app, which integrates Apple Intelligence into the prevailing Shortcuts program. This allows you to entry Apple Intelligence fashions on-device, creating your personal Shortcuts with AI capabilities. In an identical vein, Highlight will likely be extra highly effective in macOS Tahoe, permitting you to name upon and execute multi-step Shortcuts and actions instantly from Highlight search, with out navigating to different apps. You may also use Highlight to entry your clipboard historical past within the newest software program replace, too.

iPadOS 26

iPadOS 26 will characteristic a Liquid Glass redesign together with many of the new options detailed for iOS 26, together with the revamped Cellphone and Video games apps. Distinctive for the iPad, although, is a brand new menu bar and windowing characteristic that makes the pill’s UI feel and appear much more like macOS. Meaning it ought to enhance multitasking, one thing iPad power-users have wished for a very long time. You’ll be able to resize home windows, snap them to totally different corners or swipe them away quickly to get a glimpse of your own home display screen. Apple claims the window system is designed to work simply as nicely with contact enter (both through fingers or a stylus) or trackpads on appropriate equipment.

The Information app on iPad will characteristic an up to date checklist view and the identical customized colour choices you may discover on the brand new macOS Tahoe. You will additionally be capable to select which packages or apps you need to open sure recordsdata, so for instance, you possibly can choose to open a picture in Photoshop reasonably than the default possibility. Talking of, a brand new Preview app is coming to iPads within the new software program replace. A mainstay on macOS, this app will carry native PDF administration, annotation and enhancing to Apple’s tablets.

iPadOS 26 will carry quite a lot of new options for podcasters and the like, together with the flexibility to document “studio high quality” vocals with AirPods. Customers will even be capable to press and maintain their AirPods to start out and cease the recordings they’re making on their iPads. As well as, a brand new native seize characteristic will combine with video conferencing apps to let customers document their video on iPads for issues like distant group podcasts.

visionOS 26

The subsequent software program replace coming to Imaginative and prescient Professional techniques will embrace new Apple Intelligence options, spatial experiences and extra. Spatial widgets are coming to visionOS 26, permitting you to place, say, a calendar widget someplace in your Imaginative and prescient Professional discipline of view and it’ll keep in that place at the same time as you progress round. Native and third-party apps can assist spatial widgets, and so they’ll all be out there within the new Widgets visionOS app.

Spatial scenes is a brand new characteristic that makes use of AI to carry your images to life in entrance of your eyes whereas utilizing Imaginative and prescient Professional. Spatial scenes additionally prolong to images you may see whereas looking, so for instance, these journey images you see whereas researching your subsequent trip will look much more lifelike utilizing spatial scenes.

Arguably probably the most thrilling visionOS information is that it’s going to permit the Imaginative and prescient Professional headset for use with PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers. It will make Imaginative and prescient Professional extra of a contender within the gaming house, since lack of appropriate controllers was an enormous issue holding it again. As well as, the brand new software program replace will carry eye-scrolling to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, which is able to permit customers to scroll paperwork, apps, webpages and extra simply through the use of their eyes.

tvOS 26

The brand new Liquid Glass design language brings extra cinematic movie and TV artwork to the Apple TV app in tvOS 26. A brand new Profiles characteristic in Apple TV+ helps you to customise your viewing expertise with your personal tastes, and every member of your family can have their very own profile. Elsewhere, Apple Music on Apple TV is getting a karaoke-esque characteristic that permits you to sing alongside to your favourite songs utilizing your iPhone because the microphone.