Apple will present iOS 26 soon and according to rumors it will be the biggest update in years. We already know this about iOS 26!
iOS 26
The WWDC 2025 is coming! That means that Apple will soon present the largest software updates of the year. One of those updates is iOS 26, the new software version for the iPhone. According to rumors, iOS 19 is definitely gone, instead, Apple makes the step to iOS 26. With the update, major changes are coming to your iPhone. Curious which those are? We put the most important for you under each other!
1. New design
The most important change of iOS 26 is the new design of the operating system. Apple takes over many parts from Visionos, so we will see more transparent frameworks and glass elements. According to the usually reliable Apple connoisseur Mark Gurman, the new design must make iOS easier to use and that you can navigate faster through and between applications. Read more about the new design of iOS 26 here!
2. Improved Apple apps
The new design of iOS 26 is also being implemented in a number of standard apps from Apple. In this way the agenda and the camera app get a new layout. In addition, Apple introduces a Games app in iOS 26, comes to translate live to the Translation app and the Health app is expanded with a health coach. It is also possible to fill in a food diary in the Health app.
3. Apple Intelligence
Where iOS 18 was dominated by Apple Intelligence, Apple introduces less new AI functions at iOS 26. It is expected that Siri will be expanded with new language models, making communication more natural. Apple uses language models from more parties for this, so that the company is no longer dependent on chatgpt. The features of Apple Intelligence are also available in more Apple apps, so that you can use Genmoji and Image Playground in every application. The Dutch version will probably be added to iOS 26 later.
4. More functions
With iOS 26 major changes come to your iPhone, through the new design and the adapted Apple apps. These are probably not all the improvements that Apple makes. According to rumors, the company is working on even more new functions, which come to the iPhone with the largest software update of the year. These are the most important expectations:
- Home screen now shows The expected loading time If the iPhone is on the charger;
- More accessibility functions (that Apple has already announced);
- Improved support for external screens On the iPhone;
- Save data for Logging in to public networks;
- More background In the control panel.
Release of iOS 26
Instead of iOS 19, Apple is publishing iOS 26 this year, in order to create more clarity with users. At iPados 26, Watchos 26, TVOS 26, MacOS 26 and Visionos 26 we see similar adjustments, whereby 26 refers to the year in which the operating systems will be used. According to rumors, all software versions take over the design of Visionos, so that Apple adjusts the design of all operating systems for the first time at the same time.
We don’t have to wait long for iOS 26, because Apple will present the large software update next week. On Monday, June 9, 2025 at 7 p.m. (Dutch time) The WWDC 2025 starts. That evening we know which functions are coming to iOS 26 and which design the operating system gets. Do you not want to miss any announcement from Apple? Then register for our newsletter!
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