Apple announced its latest update for iOS in WWDC 2025. The company specifically unveiled a new design language called “Liquid Glass” and reduced the version number 26 to unite all operating systems.
Other changes included a new gaming app and a new preview app, AI-managed translation for messages and a virtual health coaches.
In addition, there are many small changes that make the iPhone more useful. Here is a (non-comprehensive) list based on the initial developer beta of iOS 26.
utility
- The iOS 26 brings customized alarm snoozing. It may look like a small thing, but be able to define how long you want to snatch your alarm, that is to play. To replace snooze timing, you can tap on any alarm and tap on the “Snooze Period” option to choose from 1 minute to 15 minutes.
- Aye in shortcut. When you are making a shortcut, you can choose one Local or cloud-based model In short to strengthen AI’s facilities.
- New gesture to bookmark in safari. In the new safari update, you can double-tap on the three-dot menu to bookmark the page you are doing.
- The screenshot menu has a new layout. You can ask questions about thanks to a screenshot thanks to visual intelligence. If there is material on the screen, the menu will suggest to summarize it automatically or read it loudly.
- New volume sliders. You can now adjust the volume directly from the output source picker.
phone
- Call list filter: Now you can filter the call list by calling, missed, vaisemale, unknown collar and spam.
- Focus mode by sim: You can continue using various focus mode to silence a particular sim.
- Call Interface Update: Call interfaces now have a new overflow menu to easily access the call assist, recording and live translation.
- Call history: You can see full call history for contact by tapping the name of that contact and then tapping on the “call history” option.
Battery
- There is a new performance scene in the battery menu. First, it showed performance through a togal in the last 24 hours and 10 days. Now there is a day and one week scene on a screen. In addition, it also has a comparative indicator that tells you if you are using more or less batteries in a day based on time.
- Battery menu overhaul also provides insight into per-app consumption With the indicator to tell you if an app has gone into an unusually long background.
- The battery section now has an adaptive power mode. When you turn it on, the iPhone can reduce brightness or slow down some apps to save the battery when the battery consumes more.
reminder
- Various types of reminder in the reminder app automatically classify.
- You can share the item in the reminder app to make a two-do items for yourself. For example, when I shared a recipe from a site, the reminder app suggested the material. In addition, you can use a shortcut from the action button or control center to create a new reminder.
- You can swipe on the phone call entry from the phone app to make a reminder for the call back.
- The message app now lets you choose a partial app text from a specific message.
Apple Music
- Apple music on iOS 26 lets you make Folder for playlist,
- you can now Choose Crossfed or Automics (Automatic song transition based on song tempo) Song transitional effect In settings.
- There is also New album animation style For lock screen.
Quarrel
- if your The camera lens is dirty, iOS 26 will be You hurt to clean itYou can close it in settings.
- you can now Show or hide indicators For flash, live photo, video format and action mode in the camera through new indicators settings.
- You can adjust or close the camera control through one New camera adjustment menu,
Language
- iPhone will now show you suggestions for languages When you consume and send materials in any other language other than your primary language. For example, if you recite and consume materials in Arabic during your primary language English, the system would suggest that you add an Arabic keyboard and receive the recommendations of the material in Arabic.
- The company has also added Native Arabic translation keyboard and a 24-key Thai keyboard,
- IOS 26 supports Bilingual suggestions for 10 languagesThis means that when you are typing in English, the keyboard will suggest both the Latin and local script versions of the term.
podcast
- New Podcast app has playback speed options From 0.5x to 3x.
- There is also one in the podcast app Promoted dialogue facility to promote voicesYou can enable it on a per-episode basis.
We will keep updating this list as we will get more facilities in the new iOS 26 updates.
