OS Overview

Stunning design.
Stellar experiences.

Introducing our broadest design update ever, a more helpful Apple Intelligence and exciting features coming to iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26 and tvOS 26.

Available from 15 September

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iPhone Lock Screen with photo, numerals for time in Liquid Glass, two notifications appear on bottom of screen

Get the highlights.

A new design with Liquid Glass delivers a delightful experience across devices.

$Liquid Glass display with clear app icons, like Apple Music, Reminders, Photos, Games, Podcasts and FaceTime refracting against the wallpaper$
Visual intelligence now lets you search, ask questions and take action with the content on your iPhone screen.¹
Communicate across languages with Live Translation in Messages,² FaceTime and Phone.³Available in selected languages
A new, intuitive windowing system for iPad gives you more power and flexibility.
Workout Buddy for Apple Watch delivers personalised, audible motivation using your fitness history.⁴

Design

Beautiful, delightful and familiar across your devices.

A new design with Liquid Glass brings hardware and software together like never before, so everything you do feels more vibrant and expressive — yet instantly familiar.

Watch the film

A delightful new design.

Liquid Glass reflects and refracts what’s beneath it in real time, dynamically adapting to your content across apps and devices.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV 4K⁵
A more vibrant Lock Screen.

The time transforms based on your photo wallpaper and notifications, keeping your subject in view. When you move your device, your photo comes to life with a new 3D effect.⁶

Coming to: iPhone, iPad
Updated app icons.

Personalise your Home Screen or Dock with updated light or dark appearances, new colour-tinted icons or a stunning clear look.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac
Dynamic controls.

Across apps, Liquid Glass controls reflect and refract their surroundings and fluidly morph to bring more focus to your content.

$Translucent controls in Apple Music refract the background$

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Everyday apps, elevated.

From Camera and Photos to Safari and FaceTime, your go-to apps feel fresh and expressive. And moving across apps and devices feels more harmonious than ever.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV 4K

Apple Intelligence

Smarter in even
more places.

Apple Intelligence is integrated into even more places to help you communicate across languages, create more personal images and get more done.⁷

Live Translation.

Automatically translate texts in Messages,² display live translated captions in FaceTime and get spoken translations for calls in the Phone app.³

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch

Available in selected languages
Use Live Translation with AirPods.

When the person you’re speaking with responds in a different language, their words are automatically translated and spoken out loud in a natural voice.⁸

Coming to: iPhone
Do more with visual intelligence.

It builds on Apple Intelligence, so you can search across your most used apps, add an event to your calendar and ask questions — letting you do more with what’s on your screen.

Coming to: iPhone
Accelerate your workflows.

Intelligent actions in Shortcuts can summarise text, create images or tap directly into Apple Intelligence models to provide responses that feed into your shortcut.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac
More ways to express yourself with images.

Mix emoji and descriptions to make something brand new. In Image Playground, discover additional ChatGPT styles. And have even more control when making images inspired by family and friends using Genmoji and Image Playground.⁹

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac
Go the extra mile with Workout Buddy.

A brand-new text-to-speech model generates personalised pep talks that have the right energy, style and tone for a workout.⁴ Time to buddy up.

Coming to: Apple Watch

Communication

Goodbye distractions.
Hello meaningful interactions.

From voice to text to video, there are more ways than ever to express yourself. And new features give you more power to reduce interruptions.

Manage unwanted calls.

Call Screening automatically answers unknown callers without interrupting you. Once the caller shares their name and the reason for their call, your phone rings and you can decide if you want to pick up.¹⁰

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Screen new senders.

Approve unknown numbers with new screening tools that detect spam and give you control over who appears in your conversations in Messages and your recent calls in Phone and FaceTime.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Let the Phone app wait on hold for you.

Hold Assist keeps your spot in line while you wait for a live agent and notifies you when they’re ready.¹¹

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Add a background to any conversation.

Select from stunning built-in options or choose any of your own photos to bring a distinct personality to your Messages conversations.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Polls in Messages.

Create a poll to help the group chat decide. Everyone in the conversation can contribute options and watch as votes come in.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch

Productivity

Do it all. A whole lot easier.

Discover handy new tools to help you stay organised, supercharge workflows and make quick work of almost any task.

More powerful windowing.

Open more windows at once, and resize and organise them your way.

Coming to: iPad
Biggest Spotlight update ever.

In addition to new ways to browse your content, Spotlight lets you take hundreds of actions without lifting your hands off the keyboard. And new quick keys help you perform actions even faster.

Coming to: Mac
A supercharged Files app.

Find what you’re looking for faster with new folder colours and customisation options. An updated list view gives you resizable columns and collapsible folders. And you can set the default app for opening specific file types.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad
Folders in the Dock.

Access your downloads, documents and more with folders in the Dock, now on iPad.

Coming to: iPad
Notes comes to Apple Watch.

Create new notes or view existing ones right on your wrist in the Notes app. You can even tell Siri to start a new note when you’re on the go.

Coming to: Apple Watch

Discovery

Go all out. Take it all in.

Tap into new ways to navigate with ease. Get real-time information when you need it most. And enjoy more immersive entertainment on the go.

CarPlay redesigned with Liquid Glass.

React with a Tapback in Messages, follow Live Activities and get more information at a glance so you can stay connected and focused while you drive.¹²

Coming to: iPhone
Maps understands your preferred routes.

Maps learns the routes you travel regularly and can alert you about significant delays, even before you head out. If your routine changes, iPhone adapts to it so you can conquer your commute.

Coming to: iPhone
New Games app.

Stay up to date with what’s happening across all your games, discover new ones your friends are playing, get tailored recommendations and compete with friends in score-based showdowns.

Coming to: iPhone, iPad, Mac
Refreshed Apple TV app and Apple Music Sing.¹³

A refreshed design makes content more immersive. Your iPhone becomes the mic with Sing on Apple Music. And with so much content to love, set profiles to appear when Apple TV wakes from sleep, so you can quickly jump to your favourite shows, sports and music.

Coming to: Apple TV 4K

There’s even more in store.

Smart Stack hints.

With improved prediction algorithms that fuse on-device data and trends from your daily routine, the Smart Stack now delivers a gentle prompt when it has a suggestion that’s immediately useful for you.

Coming to: Apple Watch
Journal on more devices.

Jot down thoughts, illustrate and create entries in your own handwriting using iPad and Apple Pencil. Easily type long, detailed entries on Mac. And create multiple journals for different aspects of your life.

Coming to: iPad, Mac
Preview comes to iPad and iPhone.

Open, edit and mark up PDFs and images with this easy-to-use app, designed to work great with Apple Pencil.¹⁴

Coming to: iPad, iPhone