iPhone, iOS 26
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The next iPhone software is highly anticipated, promising a radically new design and features. Here’s when you can get your hands on it.
Apple just unveiled its biggest software redesign in over a decade: Liquid Glass. In iOS 26, there are new travel, group chat, and AI features.
Apple's iOS 26 update turns album covers into full-screen animations that move while your music plays. With iOS 26, Apple Music users can tap the album art on the Lock Screen to expand it. If the track includes animated artwork, the image starts moving in real time.
Apple's WWDC opener happened on Monday, and my brain has been wrapped around one particular feature ever since. It wasn't announced during the opening keynote, nor did it make it onto the all-encompassing graphics chart of iOS 26 features, but it's a big one -- if it works.
Commentary: Battery life takes a hit on thin phones. But Apple's new AI-powered feature could mitigate the blow on its rumored skinny device.
If you use your iPhone as an alarm clock, you probably already know that snoozing it when you’re waking up will give you an extra nine minutes before it next plays an alarm. That’s set to change in Apple's upcoming iOS 26 update.
A last-minute iOS 26 report says Apple’s Liquid Glass UI is coming in time for the groundbreaking iPhone 20 design coming in 2027.
Another small feature reportedly coming to the iPhone with iOS 26 should make some note‐takers and writers happy: they'll get the ability to export notes in Markdown from Apple Notes. Until now, doing this required third‐party apps.