IOS 26

**iOS 26** is the nineteenth major version of iOS, developed by Apple Inc. It was announced on June 9, 2025, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple renamed the OS name to iOS 26 to match system years. It was released on September 15, 2025.

#### Design

iOS 26 has a new design called "Liquid Glass", which changes everything from the lock screen to apps after over 13 years, when iOS 7 was redesigned with a flat style.

#### Apple intelligence

New Apple Intelligence features includes live translation, visual intelligence, Genmoji and Image Playground.

#### Battery

It has an adaptive power mode and battery settings got a new design. It has a charging time that tells users how long it is fully charged.

#### Home screen and lock screen

Since iOS 18 was announced, it has 'dark', 'light' and 'tinted' icon in home screen. It has a 'clear' icon in home screen that looks like a glass design with Liquid Glass. Users can resize time in lock screen.

#### eSim management

It has a eSim transfer with Android that directly to transfer between iPhone and an Android device without needing a QR code from the mobile carriers.

#### Ringtones

iOS 26 has many new other reflections ringtones including the "Buoyant", "Dreamer", "Pond", "Pop", "Reflected" and "Surge". Not just reflection ringtones, but they also has a one ringtone called "Little Bird".

### Apps features and changes

Users can create or vote polls in iMessage. The photo app was redesigned in iOS 18 but users say they do not like it, Apple redesigned the photo app with the navigation bar again and the camera app was redesigned too. It has a games app that access to all the games currently installed on the devices.

### Recovery Assistant

Apple added new feature that automatically attempt to recover if devices does not boot up successfully.

## Supported devices

iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will not be supported due to old hardware. Apple Intelligence only works on Apple A17 Pro chips and later. Here is a list of supported devices:

- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 17
- iPhone Air
- iPhone 17 Pro
- iPhone 17 Pro Max

## Version history

The first developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 9 June 2025 and the first developer beta of iOS 26 only available on iPhone 15 series and iPhone 16 series has been released again on 13 June 2025. The second developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 23 June 2025. The third developer beta of iOS 26 has been released on 7 July 2025.

## Release history

|Version|Build|Release date|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23A330||Preinstalled on iPhones 17, 17 Pro, and Air||
|23A341||Developer release notes Release notes Security content||
|23A345||iPhone 17 Pro models only||
|23A355||Release notes Security content||
|23B85||Developer release notes Release notes Security content||
|23C55||Developer release notes||
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## Related pages

- iPadOS 26
- macOS Tahoe

## Other websites

- Official websites

## Infobox (os)

- **name**: iOS 26
- **screenshot**: IPhone 17 Air 2026.jpg
- **caption**: iOS 26 running on a iPhone Air
- **screenshot size**: 220px
- **developer**: Apple Inc., Apple
- **family**: iOS
- **source model**: Proprietary software, Closed with open-source software, open-source components
- **latest release version**: iOS 26.2.1
- **marketing target**: iPhones
- **programmed in**: C (programming language), C, C++, Objective-C, Swift (programming language), Swift, Assembly language
- **language**: English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- **language count**: 42
- **update model**: Software Update
- **kernel type**: Hybrid kernel, Hybrid (XNU)
- **license**: Proprietary software with open-source components
- **preceded by**: iOS 18
- **support status**: Supported
- **other articles**: iPadOS 26 (derivative for iPad)