Your iPhone and iPad are getting a makeover with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. No, you haven’t missed seven operating system upgrades since iOS 18 last year. Apple has changed the naming structure of its OS updates to make them all consistent—visionOS 26, watchOS 26 , macOS 26 —so they’re now tied to the year after their launch, similar to what car makers do when debuting new models.

The main highlight across all of Apple’s updates, first announced at WWDC 2025 , revolves around the new look and feel of the interface, a design language the company calls Liquid Glass . Beyond that, there are several new features in iOS, from live translation in messages and call screening to the ability to search anything on your iPhone screen through Visual Intelligence. The Photos app is also gettin

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