IOS 26

nineteenth and the next major release of iOS, a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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iOS 26 is the nineteenth upcoming major version of iOS, developed by Apple Inc.[2] It was announced on June 9, 2025, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.[3][4] Apple renamed the OS name to iOS 26 to match system years.[5] It will be released in September 2025.

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Features and changes

Systems features and changes

Design

iOS 26 has a new design called "Liquid Glass", which changes everything from the lock screen to apps after over 13 years when iOS 7 was redesigned with a flat style.[6][7][8]

Apple intelligence

New Apple Intelligence features includes live translation, visual intelligence, Genmoji and Image Playground.[9]

Battery

It has an adaptive power mode and battery settings got a new design.[10][11][12][13] It has a charging time that tells users how long it is fully charged.[14]

Home screen and lock screen

Since iOS 18 was announced, it has 'dark', 'light' and 'tinted' icon in home screen. It has a 'clear' icon in home screen that looks like a glass design with Liquid Glass.[15] Users can resize time in lock screen.

eSim management

It has a eSim transfer with Android that directly to transfer between iPhone and an Android device without needing a QR code from the mobile carriers.[16]

Apps features and changes

Users can create or vote polls in iMessage.[17] The photo app was redesigned in iOS 18 but users say they do not like it, Apple redesigned the photo app with the navigation bar again and the camera app was redesigned too.[18] It has a games app that access to all the games currently installed on the devices.[19][20]

Recovery Assistant

Apple added new feature that automatically attempt to recover if devices does not boot up successfully.[21][22]

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Supported devices

iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will not be supported due to old hardware. Apple Intelligence only works on Apple A17 Pro and later. Here is a list of supported devices:[23]

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Version history

The first developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 9 June 2025 and the first developer beta of iOS 26 only available on iPhone 15 series and iPhone 16 series has been released again on 13 June 2025.[24][25] The second developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 23 June 2025.[26] The third developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 7 July 2025.[27][28]

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