With iOS 26 your iPhone will get a new look, but not only with the smartphone will a lot change. You can read this and more in this week’s iPhone news overview.
iOS 26: The biggest redesign ever for your iPhone
This year Apple will no longer continue with the usual numbering of the operating system for the iPhone. The company has therefore not presented iOS 19, but iOS 26, named after the year 2026. The same applies to Watchos, MacOS, TVOS and Visionos.
iOS 26 is the biggest update since iOS 7 in 2013. The design is inspired by Visionos, the operating system of the Vision Pro, and it is called Liquid Glass. Of course there are also many new functions!
→ These are the innovations in iOS 26
WWDC 2025 retrospective: these are all major announcements
Apple announced new versions of various operating systems during WWDC 2025 on Monday evening 9 June. There are not only updates for the iPhone and iPad coming, but also the AirPods and your Apple Watch get more functions.
→ View all the news in our WWDC overview
Watchos 26 lifts the Apple Watch to a higher level
Apple has unveiled Watchos 26! It is the largest software update of 2025 for the Apple Watch, with which many changes come to the smartwatch. Apple provides Watchos 26 with a new name, because the company skips Watchos 12.
With Watchos 26, the Apple Watch looks something else, because Apple has announced a new interface for the operating system.
→ And that’s how it looks!
These 21 (!) Features will come to the iPad in 2025
During the WWDC of 2025, Apple has already shown several new functions of iPados 26. And it seems that the iPad will take over more and more functionality of the Mac. In addition to the new look, these are the most interesting new functions of iPados 26!
→ Your iPad gets much better with iPados 26!
CarPlay will be completely different in 2025
With the arrival of iOS 26, CarPlay will also get a new design. The sidebar of the operating system receives the elements of Liquid Glass, which we also see in iOS 26 and the other software versions. This bar is transparent and has rounded corners. This also applies to the widgets, which are available for the first time with iOS 26 in CarPlay.
→ But new functions are also coming!
Installing iOS 26: This way you can already get the update on your iPhone!
The new look of iOS 26 is incredibly beautiful. But the official version of iOS 26 will only come in September. Yet there is a way in which you can already install the beta. We tell you how!
→ This way you can already install iOS 26!
Apple unveils (accidentally) secret product with iOS 26
Developers can now get started with the first test version of iOS 26, in which a striking program code has been discovered. Apple refers in the software to a product that has not yet been released.
→ But what product is it then?
Meta improves WhatsApp (even more) with AI
A number of beta testers on Android report that WhatsApp has added a new position with AI to the app, as can be read in a message from Wabainfo. It is a function driven by AI that can help you with your unread messages in chats, groups and channels.
→ But what else can you do with it?
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