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The old form of shape via the function remains true with iOS 26 And the final version that was started for all iPhones today. There is everything except for one fainting Hinted of this long -promised Apple IntelligenceAlthough they still find a lot to love and complain more to complain with that Change from iOS 18 up to the “26” generation.
Remember to put a memory aside on the iPhone because the update will require a good part. For me, iOS 26 appeared on my iPhone 14 Pro as 6 GB and comes from version iOS 18.6. (Apple drives iOS 18.7.) Our senior editor Raymond Wong has the update on his iPhone 16 Pro and found that it was 14.9 GB. Your mileage varies depending on the device and software version.
Together with iOS 26, Apple also published Ipados 26, MacOS 26, Watchos 26, TVOS 26, Visionos 26 and the rest. The iPhone 17 lineupPresent Of the 17 professionals The new software update will be pre -installed in the air when these new telephones start on September 19. Each Apple product now has a similar design language Center on the “Liquid glass” look. The user interface is full of semi -transparent windows and bubbles that can distort and distort text and pictures underneath as if you are looking through a convex glass lens. It is a means of separating the controls from the content itself. The changes are both subtle and open. For example, the “Search” button on iPhones can insert more into your background wallpaper. In apps like Apple Music, the “Now Play -Bar” shows an indication of the album artwork below.
Liquid glass everywhere, from iPhone to Mac
The iOS 26 publication can be since the most controversial Drastic changes to iOS 7 made Already in 2013. Users do not appreciate it to look at short animations before entering their apps. Many complained about the UI, the useful buttons hidden and made it difficult for Power users to find the right tools for the job. Despite the controversy, the Skeuomorphism – where Apple tried to integrate more well -known pictures and designs such as the battery life – remains. So far this brings us and the emphasis on “glass morphism”, which emphasizes opaque windows for a pseudo-3d effect.
As someone who has used several versions that Ipados 26 and MacOS 26 Betas During the beta period last summer, I appreciated some design changes more than others. Apple, which remove the opaque level for the menu bar on the top of the Mac screen, is contributed to the fact that the screen feels larger without affecting functionality. Spotlight was also attached with the Spotlight to take actions directly in apps such as messages without clicking on the symbol and entering your text to a recipient. The Mac is now more connected to the iPhone than ever before with live activities, so that you can monitor iPhone notifications without unlocking and fumbling with the device. If you click on these notifications, it will also be opened iPhone reflectionA function that was presented in last year’s MacOS sequoia. However, everything is not great. In the dock there is no longer a launchpad available and to bring it back, you need Make around in the terminal. Instead, you have an “apps” fordo that is overloaded in addition to the iPhone apps installed on the Mac with all iPhone apps.
MacOS 26 also bears a few smaller additions like that largely ineffective game expression. All of this functionality is now in the translucent glass layer, from your app symbols to the control center. The real innovation was saved for Apple’s tablets. The iPad is now far more usable as a dedicated laptop replacement for all its tasks. Apple added that several apps can be opened on the screen at the same time. You can simply tile them by flickering them to the right or left of the screen. If you want to watch YouTube and enter your notes, this is now easier than the previous level manager or dual screen solutions.
iOS 26 has changed over time
Apple has a fine liquid glass from its initial developer beta into public beta and again for the final publication. The early versions were practically incoherent, especially in text about text. Follow-up betas chose part of the glass and liquid effect for an aesthetic “frosted glass”. The recent public betas that have refined the current design, whereby you can catch an indication of content under the menus as if you were starey in a pool of glassy water. The effect wants to cause something tangible as if they were doing more than scrolling pixels on a glass pane. After months of playing with all the different betas, I would still prefer a version of liquid glass that corresponds to the name.
Regular Apple users who only use their iPhone to access their camera or TikK feed may not understand the hatred, but the most used iPhone lovers may be impatient with the new design. Critics say that liquid glass distracts them from the functions of each app. Some developer The new design, which is important functions behind Hamburger menus (these three horizontal bars, which open drop-down menus), publicly insulted. On the other hand, this is a fact of life to live in Apple’s ecosystem. The company is more concerned with devices that concentrate apps for certain use types.
You will inevitably kick a single instance in which the glass distracts you from an important part of a text or an e -mail. At that moment you want to scrap the entire exercise, decipher the Hybris from Apple and return to iOS 18. After the fleeting moments when the raw hatred overflows, you will simply use your devices as you always have.
