Apple's iOS 26 update turns album covers into full-screen animations that move while your music plays. With iOS 26, Apple Music users can tap the album art on the Lock Screen to expand it. If the track includes animated artwork, the image starts moving in real time.

Every year, iOS is one of the star attractions of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. It's our first official look at new features and other changes that are coming to iPhones in the fall. The 2025 WWDC keynote was no exception, and the most immediate change is to the iOS naming system.

Apple released the iOS 26 beta on Monday, shortly after the main WWDC 2025 keynote. I installed it right away, and I can say it’s

Apple's WWDC opener happened on Monday, and my brain has been wrapped around one particular feature ever since. It wasn't announced during the opening keynote, nor did it make it onto the all-encompassing graphics chart of iOS 26 features, but it's a big one -- if it works.

As long as you own an iPhone 11 or newer, you can download iOS 26. That means the iPhone XR/XS generation is out, while every A13 Bionic handset forward, including the forthcoming iPhone 17 models, are included. Here's the full list of compatible iPhone models that can run iOS 26:

However, this news comes with a bit of disappointment for some iPhone owners. Each new version of iOS represents a new group of older iPhones that will be effectively cut off from

A last-minute iOS 26 report says Apple’s Liquid Glass UI is coming in time for the groundbreaking iPhone 20 design coming in 2027.

It's now claimed that Apple's previously rumored AI-based battery management system for iOS 26 will be introduced at the iPhone 17 Air launch.