Apple is upgrading Visual Intelligence in iOS 26, giving iPhone owners the ability to search for more information using screenshots they take.

Apple has released iOS 26 Beta 4, and with it comes a bold revival of a concept first teased at WWDC 2025, the Liquid Glass interface.

Apple Maps benefits from iOS 26’s new ‘Liquid Glass’ design, but it also packs some brand new features for users. Here’s what’s coming.

Apple’s next phone operating system arriving this fall, iOS 26, includes a transparent aesthetic mimicking the look of glass and making apps and buttons blend in with content on the screen. Google is doing the opposite with its newly released operating system, Android 16, which emphasizes brighter, punchier colors.

These include Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple News Plus, iCloud Plus, Apple Arcade and Fitness Plus -- the content we can stream, play or access instantly with a monthly fee. Last quarter, these services brought in more revenue for Apple than Macs, iPads, wearables and accessories combined.

The public beta of iOS 26 is now live, offering users an early look at Apple’s next big iPhone software release.

In iOS 16, Apple quietly removed live wallpapers. Where a live photo could be added to the lock screen and activated with a long press. This capability was added five years ago in iOS 11 and even featured official dynamic wallpapers from Apple that moved on the lock screen.