During its opening keynote for WWDC 2025, Apple previewed iOS 26, the next major update to iPhone software. It has a new name, a new look and a bunch of quality-of-life features and improvements. Here’s what you need to know.
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iOS 26 Brings a New Liquid Glass Redesign, Sassy Look to iPhone
0:00 iOS 26 announced
0:54 New naming convention for iOS
1:14 Liquid glass
2:01 Messages app
2:57 Camera app
3:31 Games app
4:02 Preview app
4:10 Phone app
4:48 Final thoughts
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June 10, 2025 at 1:24 am
Read more about iOS 26 on CNET.com: iOS 26 Brings a New Liquid Glass Redesign, Sassy Look to iPhone
@msjhudson2049
June 10, 2025 at 6:04 am
I think that it’s CRAP! The keyboard hasnt change since the iphone 4S! I mean COME ON APPLE!! We’ve got a monster 6.8″ screen on the Max and there is still NO 5th number row keyboard! And the app folders are stil 3X3 instead of FULL screen!! Seriously WTF?
@rick-deckard
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 am
Whoa that’s wild. Are the third party ones too buggy?
@AkhilN-z3x
June 10, 2025 at 9:44 am
Spent hours giving this feedback and giving screenshots of the Samsung stuff yet they
@TechnologyWizard82
June 10, 2025 at 7:23 am
I wished we got round app icons, also no mention of Home OS as predicted!!
@ithot
June 10, 2025 at 7:42 am
Apple got sidelined 😁
@domlarry
June 10, 2025 at 8:18 am
Boring update
@rick-deckard
June 10, 2025 at 8:54 am
Once again competition inspires companies to imitate each other.
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@atrox5033
June 10, 2025 at 9:04 am
Windows 7 on iphone ???
@PiPs__8
June 10, 2025 at 9:09 am
Will we ever get transparent phones? SMH
@GhostPrimeDank
June 10, 2025 at 9:13 am
0:15 did we really tho?
@tyinthesix
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 am
literally 😂😂
@markstelzl1245
June 10, 2025 at 9:26 am
How do you breathe whe. You are so far up tims butt. Ffs.
@Randolf_Burgmann
June 10, 2025 at 9:40 am
Android OS was choppy bloated in its earlier years and then copied iOS interfaces in later years.
@nprovenghi271
June 10, 2025 at 9:49 am
windows aero aesthetics? we’re so back. also, recession indicator 😌
@mdp_lady
June 10, 2025 at 10:15 am
Just wish we could delete emojis that we don’t care to use and stop the whole, “Joe has left the conversation” notification.
@cpaps8500
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 pm
I only hear positive comments and no criticism. Bias?
@DesignGear
June 10, 2025 at 1:27 pm
so Mac OSX 10!
@LucasH524
June 10, 2025 at 3:23 pm
I love how we’re turning the tables by putting the people who put us on hold, on hold themselves 😂
@alex3261
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 pm
Most likely, the liquid glass will go the way of the iOS 7 pastel color scheme.
@jamsbong
June 10, 2025 at 4:01 pm
It is a nice facelift, albeit copied from many sources. Also consolidating the complexity of the camera app is a good call.
@MrAmad3us
June 10, 2025 at 4:20 pm
I thank god for giving me the fortitude to not upgrade my phone for Apple intelligence 😂
@grumpyolman2386
June 10, 2025 at 5:20 pm
underwhelming, all windrow dressing and not much innovation
@kafirkorp
June 10, 2025 at 5:45 pm
i just updated to beta. if this is where apple is going. i’m switching to galaxy in a few months.
@gfxdaddy
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 pm
CNET glazing HARD a company that’s run out of fresh ideas… RIP Steve Jobs, those were the days.
@richard1493
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 pm
iOS 26 looks remarkably bad. Icons are blurry and the design feels outdated.
@nelsonmei9527
June 10, 2025 at 8:50 pm
It would be hard to see the icons, the contrast will be terrible.
@milano23
June 11, 2025 at 7:45 pm
If it’s in clear mode buddy, you still have the option to keep it regular with the colors
@tododia7701
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 pm
Don’t run the beta on your “main iPhone”! Spoken like a true Linux user hehe
@rakeenergolpo2020
June 10, 2025 at 11:33 pm
When you cannot innovate in tech you innovate in word play 😂😂😂. Apple is taking their customers for granted, it’s sad
@cristirenault
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 pm
A lot of noise about almost nothing. Apple fail. Another one. I am an Apple products user.
@Bsnsbsjsjdks
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 pm
1:19 did not need this
@milano23
June 11, 2025 at 5:33 pm
It did not need you either
@arkansasrebel348
June 11, 2025 at 1:56 am
Hmmm. What do I think about iOS 26, I hate it!! I will not be updating my iPhone 14 PM to this disgusting update, and this will be my last iPhone!!
@StreetLampMusic
June 11, 2025 at 3:39 am
As long as Mentally blind people are in this universe Apple will keep on sell and make them believe their regular normal much expensive repair protected phones (iphones)
@akashif._1
June 11, 2025 at 5:41 am
day by day, the things we see and interact with, all are losing colour, things are now only serving purpose not energy colour or joy- look at the phones, cars and streets of today, compared to just 10, 15 years ago and notice the difference.
@iamnut8339
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 am
So windows aero
@smp332012
June 11, 2025 at 10:15 am
Looks like one of the dumbest updates in years,
@techscience1480
June 11, 2025 at 10:16 am
What about navigation consistency? Like some of navigations are on top of the screen and some are on bottom.
@Bojanglesedits
June 11, 2025 at 10:46 am
Prank calling
2010-2025 🪦
@RealOneMoreStep
June 11, 2025 at 10:48 am
It can be easy to look back and see other examples of this glass UI design being attempted. But Apple is very deliberate in what they do. I believe this Liquid Glass design is actually a set up for Apple Glasses. Essentially they’re prepping users to get used to a the transparency that you’d get with UI on glasses. With Apple it’s never really what they’re doing that drives innovation. It’s why they’re doing it. If you feel underwhelmed or like you’ve seen it before that’s exactly what they want. They want it to feel familiar and easy so when they release something new and different it’s easy to jump in because you’re already familiar with it
@Called2Repentance
June 11, 2025 at 12:38 pm
You hit the nail on the head! It happens everytime! People who don’t like Apple get loud and complain then boom Apple changes the entire industry and they follow suit
@Ticca
June 11, 2025 at 10:53 pm
🍇
@justiceadams6623
June 12, 2025 at 3:40 am
I’m getting my first rog ally soon j can’t wait to play it and helldivers 2
@ijn_su
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 am
software IU sucks this time…
ts pro apple
💀
@LollipopUnicorny
June 13, 2025 at 6:08 pm
It’s time to admit the system is simply bad engineered full of bugs, unreasonable approaches and defective implementations. I mean it’s hard to believe but in iOS you may miss some appointment or even alarm because notification won’t work something you couldn’t even imagine on Android
@ArabPeaaaa
June 14, 2025 at 5:16 am
Vista?
@normal-m7x
June 15, 2025 at 10:06 am
For the iPhone models that don’t support AI, ha u know I know
@divyam._.maheshwari
June 15, 2025 at 2:07 pm
you’re not bridget, hence i’m not watching