WWDC 2025 Top 5 Features: Liquid Glass, Visual Intelligence, and More!

iOS 26: Liquid Glass Interface

• 💧 The iOS interface has been completely redesigned and renamed to Liquid Glass, featuring a translucent, living material aesthetic.
• ✨ This represents the most significant interface update since iOS 7, with a dynamic, water-droplet-like element following user interactions.
• 🚀 All Apple operating systems, except macOS (which is now Mac OS Tahoe), will be updated to version 26.

Visual Intelligence and Shopping

• 🔍 Visual Intelligence introduces new features, notably screenshot shopping, allowing users to highlight items in screenshots and purchase them directly.
• 💰 This feature is highlighted as potentially very lucrative for retailers.

Live Translation Capabilities

• 🗣️ Live translation is a new feature that supports both text messages and phone calls, making communication across languages seamless.
• ✈️ The speaker humorously notes this as an excuse to travel to Japan for review purposes, though acknowledges it can be used remotely.

Shared Experiences on Vision Pro

• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Vision Pro now supports shared experiences, enabling users to interact in the same virtual environment, such as watching content or playing games together.
• 🎾 A demo showcased virtual pickleball using PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers, indicating expanding third-party controller support.
• 🛠️ This feature is presented as a foundation for developers to build upon, with potential for many more applications by release.

iPadOS Evolution

• 💻 The iPad has received significant updates, effectively becoming a touch-enabled version of macOS.
• 🖼️ It now features a reintegrated interface with a menu, Windows on iPad, and a new structured file system.
• 🖱️ The cursor has changed from a circle to a pointer, controllable via touch, mouse, or keyboard touchpad.