iOS 26: New Messages and Phone App Features Leaked Ahead of WWDC

Apple is readying to denote respective caller features for the Messages and Phone apps connected iOS 26, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


In a lengthy study outlining his WWDC 2025 expectations today, Gurman said that the 2 main changes successful the Messages app volition beryllium the quality to make polls, arsenic good arsenic the enactment to acceptable a inheritance representation wrong a conversation.

9to5Mac was archetypal to study that the Messages app would beryllium gaining polls, allowing users to ballot connected questions and topics. It is simply a diagnostic that has agelong existed successful different fashionable messaging apps, specified arsenic WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram.

Background images would adhd a personalized flair to conversations, and Gurman said that the images volition automatically sync crossed Apple devices.

The caller Messages features should widen to iPadOS 26 and macOS 26.

For the Phone app, Gurman said that iOS 26 volition present a caller presumption that combines favourite contacts, caller calls, and voicemails into a single, scrollable window. He said this caller plan volition beryllium optional, with users capable to revert to the bequest interface.

iOS 26 and different bundle updates volition beryllium announced during Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote, which begins on Monday, June 9 astatine 10 a.m. Pacific Time.
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