The appearance of the iPhone Apple screen has launched on Monday the update to the iOS 26 operating system, which includes a deep redesign of the telephone interface. The new software also arrives accompanied by versions 26 of macious systems, ipados, watchos, tvos and visionos. With this movement, the technological giant seeks to unify the experience of use of all its devices – designs, computers, tablets, watches, multimedia player and mixed reality glasses -, at a time when after its difficulties in competing with its rivals
Liquid Glass – liquid Vidrio, in English – is the name of the new design stands out for transparencies; for the dynamic adaptation of the elements of the interface, to interfere the minimum with the contents as photos or web pages; and for the sensations of three -dimensionality in the management and visualization. In addition to being the first big change of look From the block software after 12 years of continuity, this is the first in this 21st century without having the British Jonathan Ive at the head of Apple design. The one who was the creative right of Steve Jobs, left the company in 2019 to create its own company,
How to update?
IPhone users who want to take that new appearance to their phones can – it is available from Monday at 19.05, Spanish peninsular time – from the app adjustments: selecting in its menu the section update of software, the option to download and install – and in the tests performed by the country, the installation was completed in 40 minutes, in an iPhone 14 Pro will appear. Although this will only happen for the iPhone 11 and later; That is, for the models launched since 2019, the rest will be left without the possibility of that change of appearance. Similarly, the users of the other Apple devices, can update them to ,,, and (it is advisable to restart computers to force them to have their update to Macos 26 Tahoe).
In addition to this interface redesign, aimed at giving greater fluidity to the use experience since the contents occupy the maximum possible space on the screen – something very clear in the Camera app and in the Safari web browser – the update brings new functions to the iPhone. Among the most prominent, the call filtering is, which allows users to select that option to have an idea of who calls when the phone number is an unknown contact. This new system asks the incoming calls to identify and provide the reason for their call; Next, you should show that information on the screen, so that the user can decide whether or not to attend the call. In a day -to -day life in which the treatment with Teleoperators is increasingly frequent, the phone will now also give the user a warning when you finish a waiting time and the agent is ready on the other side of the line. Another new adjustment will give the possibility of optimizing the battery life of the phone, letting the AI be responsible for deciding whether to automatically reduce the screen of the screen or slow down certain tasks to prevent the mobile from staying without energy.
A new rhythm with AI
The functions of generative. But given the delay of the most advanced of these functions, now the apple company has chosen to give less prominence to the Apple Intelligence label that groups these new capabilities and promotes them separately. With today’s updates, the most prominent novelty is the live translation, which arrives the phones – only the iPhone 15 Pro -, and also to Apple’s tablets and computers: it translates text into the App Messages and offers real -time subtitles during Facetime video calls. On telephone calls, the translation is performed in real time while speaking.
For technological analysts, with iPad OS 26, a new window system inspired by that of macOS computers, and which aims to bring to the tablets that same complete multitasking experience of the apps. By default, the applications are still opening on full screen, but now a sliding control allows you to resize and use them in window format. A permanent menu bar is also incorporated at the top of the screen.
In addition to reunifying the design of the software in its different types of devices, with the updates of today Apple also leads the unit to the way of naming them. He has stopped using a numbering system by versions to adopt one based on the year: the 26 of the names of all the operating systems that are now premiered correspond to 2026, to which most of its 12 months will correspond to lifeuntil the next great update. On the other hand, in September last year, versions 18 of iOS, iPad os and Tvos were launched, while it was the 15 for macOS, the 11 for Watchos and the 2 for visionos. To that variety also added confusion the numbering of the devices released then (iPhone 16 and Apple Watch 10).
