iOS 26 gives the FaceTime app a whole new design and layout, plus new tools for filtering calls, the powerful Live Translation feature, and more. Here’s everything new.
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Making payments on your iPhone is easy with Apple Pay. But what about those occasions when you need to input credit card details on a website or in a form? Not so easy. Fortunately, iOS 26 has the fix I’ve always wanted thanks to new AutoFill support for credit cards.
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Apple is always adding new features to its software, but every now and then a change arrives that it’s hard to live without. One such killer feature lets you autofill two-factor authentication codes, and it’s getting even better in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe this fall.
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Apple has a major CarPlay update coming in iOS 26, and among the variety of improvements is one of Apple’s best recent iPhone features: Live Activities are coming to CarPlay.
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Apple’s Phone app is getting its biggest changes ever this year in iOS 26, with a completely revamped layout, call screening tools, Apple Intelligence features, and more. Here’s everything new that’s coming to your Phone app in iOS 26.
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One of my favorite features in iOS 26 is AutoMix for Apple Music, which uses artificial intelligence to create DJ-like transitions between songs.
Ahead of iOS 26 being released to everyone next month, Spotify is looking to steal some of Apple Music’s thunder with its own new spin on creating unique transitions between songs.
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The iPhone Messages app on iOS 26 gets a bunch of new filtering features, primarily targeted around dealing with spam and junk texts. But it also gets some filters that are generally useful too.
For the first time, iMessage has a dedicated Drafts folder. This filters the conversation list to show only threads where you have a partly-written message.
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Following iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta 7 earlier today, Apple has released the fourth iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public betas.
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iOS 26 brings a major redesign with Liquid Glass, and based on a new blog post from a long-time app designer, it also seems to hint strongly at a significant iPhone design change coming.
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iOS 26 beta 7 is out now for iPhones on the developer beta release cycle. Below we’re collecting all of the iOS 26 beta 7 changes compared to the previous version.
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iOS 26 adds a brand new Adaptive Power mode to extend your iPhone’s battery, and in today’s beta 7 release there’s a Settings toggle for notifications. Here’s how it works.
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Apple has released the seventh developer beta version of iOS 26. We expect the redesigned version of the iPhone software to officially launch in about one month.
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Apple’s Reminders app is one of many system apps getting new features in iOS 26. Among the handful of improvements coming to Reminders, there’s a powerful new tool for organizing your tasks.
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Apple has released a new, revised build of iOS 26 beta 6 for developers. Here’s what you should know.
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Following iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta 6, Apple has released the third iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public betas.
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The design revamp brought about with iOS 26 brings all sorts of new animations along with the Liquid Glass visual treatments. With beta 6, Apple overhauled Springboard’s app launch animations for the first time in years.
Apps now launch to full-screen much faster than before, accompanied a minor warp effect that is reminiscent of how Mac windows minimise to the dock. The faster animation speed makes a big difference. It really feels like iOS 26 made your iPhone faster, even several-year old models …
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iOS 18 featured a major redesign to the Calculator app, including fancy features like Math Notes. Those changes included adding a back button to the keypad, replacing the traditional C/AC button. This was so frustrating for some, the real hard-core Calculator users I guess, that The Atlantic published an entire column when iOS 18 shipped, decrying the button’s removal.
Apple has seemingly taken those complaints onboard. With iOS 26, the Calculator once again has a dedicated C/AC button.
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As part of the overall redesign, Liquid Glass has been implemented throughout iOS 26, changing how app icons, toolbars, tab bars and system controls look and behave.
But Apple is also open to just having a bit of a fun with the new material, like the completely-over-the-top refraction effect when you pull down the Lock Screen. With beta 6, Apple hid another fun Liquid Glass easter egg inside the Preview app on iPad. See the video after the break …
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iOS 26 beta 6 arrived today with new ringtones, faster launching apps, important Camera reversal, and more. Apple has also made some additional updates to Liquid Glass, here’s what’s new in iOS 26 beta 6.
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A new beta 6 build for iOS 26 was released today, bringing a variety of changes, including one update that is especially hard to miss: iPhone apps launch much faster than before.
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Apple has delighted many iOS 26 beta users while also potentially frustrating a few others by introducing a modification to the revamped Camera app.
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iOS 26 beta 6 is out now for iPhones on the developer beta release cycle. Below we’re collecting all of the iOS 26 beta 6 changes compared to the previous version.
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iOS 26 looks set to greatly expand the ringtone options for the iPhone. A previous beta included one remixed version of the default Reflection sound, but now iOS 26 beta 6 has added another five more Reflection alternatives, plus a brand new Little Bird ringtone.
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Apple has released the sixth developer beta version of iOS 26. We expect the redesigned version of the iPhone software to officially launch next month.
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