Revolutionary Design
Liquid Glass Design
iOS 26's biggest change is the new Liquid Glass design language, bringing a completely new visual experience. This translucent design reflects and refracts the surrounding environment, making content more prominent.
Dynamic Home Screen
When scrolling the home screen, the Dock and tab bars dynamically shrink to highlight content, instantly restoring when scrolling up for a more immersive experience.
Enhanced Lock Screen
Time display extends to full screen, automatically adjusting transparency based on wallpaper content. Dynamic wallpapers support 3D parallax effects that change with device orientation.
Apple Intelligence: AI-Powered Experience
🌐 Real-time Translation
Messages, Phone, FaceTime all support real-time text/audio translation, running entirely on-device to ensure privacy.
👁️ Visual Intelligence
Recognizes screen content and intelligently suggests actions like adding to calendar, image search, and web search.
🎨 Genmoji + Image Playground
Create custom Emoji expressions and generate images through text descriptions.
✍️ Smart Writing
AI-powered text rewriting, expansion, and summarization, with AI operations embedded in Shortcuts.
📦 Order Tracking Recognition
Automatically recognizes delivery and order information, even for non-Apple Pay purchases.
🔧 Developer APIs
New Foundation Models framework allows third-party access to Apple Intelligence features.
App Feature Upgrades
📞 Phone & Messages
- Phone App: Integrates favorites, recent calls, and voicemail with call screening based on live voicemail
- Messages App: Filters unknown sender messages, chat backgrounds, and group poll features
📱 Camera & Photos
- Camera: Streamlined layout with only "Capture" and "Record" modes, swipe for sub-functions
- Photos: Separate tabs for library and collection views, view spatial videos without Vision Pro
🌐 Safari Browser
- Full-screen web content with floating tab bar
- Auto-shrinking tabs when scrolling to maximize display area
- Enhanced privacy with fingerprint protection extended to all browsing
🚗 CarPlay Enhancements
- New compact view for incoming calls
- Messages app with Tapbacks and pinned conversations
- Widget and Live Activities support
🎵 Apple Music, Maps & Wallet
- Apple Music: Lyrics translation and pronunciation, AutoMix smart DJ feature
- Maps: Visited places tracking with end-to-end encryption
- Wallet: In-store installment payments, updated boarding passes with live updates
🎮 New Apple Games
- One-stop gaming experience
- Latest updates across all games
- Best way to experience Apple Arcade
Compatibility & Upgrade
📱 Supported Devices
✅ Supported Devices
- iPhone 11 series
- iPhone 12 series
- iPhone 13 series
- iPhone 14 series
- iPhone 15 series
- iPhone 16 series (including 16e)
- iPhone SE 2020/2022
❌ Unsupported Devices
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
⬆️ Upgrade Methods
Method 1: Official Beta Program
- Register for Apple Beta Software Program on Apple's official website
- Go to Settings → General → Software Update
- Select Beta Updates
- Download the latest iOS 26 Beta
Method 2: Third-party Tools
Use tools like 3uTools for one-click iOS 26 Beta upgrade, supporting system upgrades/downgrades and fixing upgrade-related issues.
⚠️ Important Notice
This is the first developer beta, the system will be very unstable with many bugs. Not recommended for regular users or primary devices to avoid affecting daily use.