Apple announces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign

Apple has unveiled iOS 26, the adjacent mentation of its iPhone operating system, arsenic portion of its suite of announcements astatine its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It features a implicit redesign with Apple’s caller “Liquid Glass” plan language on with updates to apps crossed the OS.

The announcement marks a alteration successful however Apple signifies its large updates to iOS. Under the erstwhile selling scheme, this year’s large merchandise would person been iOS 19 — the nonstop follow-up to iOS 18. But now, Apple’s large iOS updates volition beryllium numbered based connected the twelvemonth pursuing their introduction, a small spot similar car-makers bash with caller car releases.

A clump of elements of the operating strategy are getting a large facelift arsenic a effect of the redesign. The clip connected your lockscreen tin agelong to capable much of the screen. The Camera app has a much streamlined layout – galore controls are present hidden to marque the acquisition consciousness cleaner. In Safari, webpages are edge-to-edge, and the tab barroom floats implicit your content.

Apple is adding immoderate improvements to the telephone app, including a telephone screening diagnostic that tin reply calls connected your behalf and beryllium connected calls connected your behalf portion you’re connected hold.

The Messages app is getting a clump of updates, too, similar customized backgrounds. Apple volition connection backgrounds, but you tin besides adhd your ain photos oregon images generated by Image Playground. You’ll beryllium capable to make polls – and Apple Intelligence tin suggest adding a canvass if it senses that mightiness beryllium helpful. And radical chats are getting typing indicators.

To marque caller emoji, Apple volition fto you merge 2 emoji with Genmoji alternatively of conscionable utilizing a substance description. And Image Playground is getting a caller diagnostic that lets you marque images with the assistance of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Apple is besides adding Live Translation, powered by Apple Intelligence, that tin construe conversations successful existent time. It runs utilizing models that are each on-device. The translations tin hap successful substance threads oregon connected telephone oregon FaceTime calls, for example. Developers volition beryllium capable to adhd Live Translations to their apps with an API, too.

Apple Music is getting lyrics translation and lyrics pronunciation. AutoMix tin seamlessly modulation songs from 1 to different similar a DJ. You’ll besides beryllium capable to pin your favourite artists and playlists to the apical of the app.

Apple Maps volition beryllium capable to larn and connection your preferred routes, and it tin nonstop you a notification if there’s delays oregon postulation connected that route. You’ll besides beryllium capable to cheque backmost connected your visited places, if you privation to much easy stock them with your friends.

Starting this fall, successful Apple Wallet, you’ll beryllium capable to make a integer ID. Boarding passes are getting a refresh and volition fto you entree indoor maps of the airport. Apple Pay volition beryllium capable to usage Apple Intelligence to way your orders made extracurricular of Apple Pay.

Apple is making an wholly games-focused app, the Games app. You’ll beryllium capable to entree your full room of App Store games you’ve downloaded and spot the Apple Arcade library. The Play Together tab shows what your friends are playing, and you tin spot leaderboards of challenges betwixt your friends.

Apple volition besides fto you usage Visual Intelligence to larn much astir what’s connected your iPhone’s screen. In a demo during the keynote, Apple showed an illustration of seeing a overgarment successful a photograph successful a societal media app, and by taking a screenshot, the idiosyncratic could usage Visual Intelligence to hunt for that overgarment utilizing Google. You tin besides instrumentality a screenshot of an lawsuit and usage Visual Intelligence to assistance adhd it to your calendar. Visual Intelligence volition besides fto you inquire ChatGPT astir thing you spot connected your screen.

This is Apple’s 2nd large iOS update pursuing the instauration of the company’s Apple Intelligence AI features. iOS 18 received immoderate basal AI features similar tools to amended writing, Genmoji for customized emoji, and integration with ChatGPT. But immoderate large promised upgrades to Siri, similar the quality to instrumentality enactment based connected what it could spot connected your phone, were delayed up of their expected launch.

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