We’re calm now—calm enough to face the reality that your iPhone is about to look like a digital fish tank, permanently full of water. Sorry, not water…Liquid Glass.It’s iOS 26, where Apple has draped your icons and menus in a translucent,

Looking at the home screens, the primary difference you'll find is that in iOS 26, the dock background and the search option that sits between the dock and the home screen icons are more transparent and have a sheen to the edges, whereas in iOS 18, these are slightly darker.

Apple’s latest iOS overhaul sports a glassier design and includes useful features like live language translation.

There's a lot to see on your iPhone after updating to iOS 26, and these are the main new features you should try.

You can now download iOS 26. The free update was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the tech giant announced the software's release date on Sept. 9, the same day it unveiled the iPhone 17 lineup and the iPhone Air. The iOS 26 update brings a new Liquid Glass design, call screening and more to your iPhone.

Liquid Glass. Liquid Glass design has been the most significant visual overhaul for iOS in years. Apple’s intention with this redesign was to take inspiration from the Vision Pr