iOS 26 New Features: Liquid Glass Design, App Updates & Apple Intelligence on iPhone

Liquid Glass Design and System-Wide Aesthetics

• 💡 The most striking visual change in iOS 26 is the liquid glass design, which gives app icons and widgets a beautiful, transparent, glass-like aesthetic.
• ✨ This fresh, unfilled look extends across the entire system, including apps and settings, providing a cohesive visual update.

Enhanced Phone App and Call Management

• 📞 The Phone app features a more unfilled layout for favorites and recents, with a new design for calls.
• 🗂️ New filters are available, allowing users to easily view missed calls, voicemails, and spam.
• 🔇 Users can enable call filtering to automatically silence and move unsaved numbers to a separate list, reducing distractions.

Updated Keyboard, Camera, and Safari Interfaces

• ⌨️ The keyboard has a new, slightly different layout.
• 📸 The Camera app presents a simpler, more intuitive layout with fewer buttons, offering easier access to settings like flash, timer, and filters.
• 🌐 Safari offers a more immersive browsing experience, with web pages filling the entire screen and the top bar hiding when scrolling down.

Apple Intelligence Integration and Features

• 🧠 While full Apple Intelligence features may not be available in all regions, iOS 26 integrates Apple Intelligence for more complex and automated workflows.
• 🗣️ Features like live translation for spoken and written language in Messages, FaceTime, and phone calls are expected, potentially on iPhone 16 series and newer.
• 🖼️ Visual intelligence allows interaction with on-screen content, enabling searches for products in images and adding calendar events from displayed information.

Health and Workout App Improvements

• ❤️ The Health app has a new layout, including new medication APIs for better tracking of prescriptions and dosages.
• 📊 Users can share their health data and manage app access to health information.
• 🏃 New workout features are available, especially for Apple Watch users, with updated workout recognition and tracking.