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Apple’s latest iOS overhaul sports a glassier design and includes useful features like live language translation.
iOS 26 revamps the iPhone Home Screen once again. While the foundations introduced with iOS 18 are still in place, Apple has tweaked the iPhone experience a bit more. The main reason for this is the new Liquid Glass design, which refreshes all the app ...
To create the effect of glass and all of its reflective and shimmering properties, iOS 26 forces every icon on your iPhone home screen to have a slight glow to them in the top left and lower right corners. This gives the subtlest parallax effect when you tilt your iPhone, creating the illusion that they’ve got the thinnest layer of depth.
OS 26 and Liquid Glass are now available for your iPhone. While it looks different from iOS 18, the changes aren't as dramatic as you might expect.
Macworld The iOS 26 update is one of the most significant software changes to land on the iPhone in years. Not only does it bring with it the all-new Liquid Glass redesign, but there are also major adjustments to your iPhone’s functionality across the board.