New features available with iPadOS 26
New features available with iPadOS 26
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Design
New Design
Liquid Glass
Combining the optical qualities of glass
with a sense of fluidity, Liquid Glass forms
the foundation of the new design. It
reflects and refracts what’s underneath
it in real time, while dynamically
transforming to help bring greater focus
to your content. It makes what you do on
iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch even
more delightful, from the Lock Screen and
Control Center, to app icons, controls,
and navigation.
Updated controls
Buttons, sliders, switches and other
controls you use everyday come alive
with Liquid Glass as you interact with
them bringing joy and delight to even
the simplest of interactions.
Dynamic tools & navigation
Liquid Glass toolbars and navigation
across apps like Mail, Notes, Messages
and more bring more focus to your
content, and fluidly morph as you need
access to more tools or move through
different views of your app.
Liquid Glass Sidebars
Liquid Glass sidebars across apps like
Safari, Apple Music, Podcasts, News
and more bring more focus to your
content and make your experience in
apps feel more immersive than ever.
In-place alerts
Alerts now expand from the button
that initiates them making a deletion,
confirmation, phone call or action
quicker and easier to reach than ever.
Expanded context menus
When editing or formatting text the
edit menu can be expanded into a
vertical context menu to make finding
the commands you need even easier.
Easier access to search
Search is easier to access in the top right
of apps like Mail, Notes and Reminders.
Liquid Glass magnifier loupe
Move your text cursor with precision
using a new, more fluid Liquid Glass
magnifier loupe.
Home Screen
Redesigned app icons
Crafted out of multiple layers of
Liquid Glass, app icons get a fresh new
look in light, dark and tinted looks.
Light-tinted icons & widgets
Personalize your app icons and widgets
with a lighter, colored tint. Choose a light
tint to apply colors to icon and widget
backgrounds, or a dark tint to apply colors
to the glyphs and content against darker
backgrounds. Or choose to switch
between light and dark colored tints
automatically based on whether Dark
Mode is turned on or off.
Clear icons & widgets
Customize your app icons with a new,
all-clear glass look. Choose to have the
glass take on a light or dark appearance,
or switch between the two automatically
based on whether Dark Mode is turned
on or off.
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Lock Screen
Adaptive Time
The time dynamically adapts to your
photo wallpaper and notifications,
keeping your subject in view.
Animated album art
When you tapalbum art from a music
app like AppleMusic, you’ll see
immersive, animated album artwork that
interacts beautifully with the glass of the
playback controls.
Spatial scenes
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When you move your iPhone, your photo
comes to life with a new 3Deffect. With
advanced computer vision techniques
running on the Neural Engine, a spatial
scene is generated from your 2D photos.
Even photos taken years ago, or shot on
another camera altogether, can become
spatial scenes.
Camera
Refreshed mode wheel
The mode wheel elevates the two
capture modes you use most—Photo
and Video. Simply swipe up or down to
change to additional modes.
Lens cleaning hint
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Camera will detect if the lens is smudged
and display a message recommending
cleaning it for the clearest possible photo.
Improved panorama photos
Capture panoramic photos faster, with
less motion blur, by quickly panning iPad
across a scene.
Record studio-quality audio
with AirPods
Record high-definition audio recordings
with studio quality, using AirPods and
AirPods Pro with an H2 chip as a
microphone.
Use AirPods as a Camera remote
Snap a photo or start recording video in
Camera just by pressing the stem on
AirPods and AirPods Pro with an H2 chip.
FaceTime
Reimagined landing page
Celebrate the people who matter most to
you with an all-new reimagined FaceTime
landing page. The sleek, tiled design
features beautiful and personalized
Contact Posters of your recent callers.
Video messages play as you scroll too,
letting you preview special moments you
may have missed.
More button
Tap the new More button to quickly access
delightful experiences and useful features
on your FaceTime calls, like SharePlay,
screen sharing, andLive Translation.
Unknown Callers list
Stay in control of who can reach you
by opting in to the Unknown Callers filter.
Screened calls from unknown numbers
are placed in a new area of your call list
and out of your way. Once you mark an
unknown number as known, they can
call or text you across Phone, FaceTime,
and Messages.
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Photos
Customize the Collections view
In addition to customizing the order of
Collections and the items that appear
inPinned Collections, you can now adjust
the size—choose from larger tiles, a denser
layout, or an option that emphasizes the
top row.
Enjoy your photos as spatial scenes
View photosas an engaging spatial scene,
which comes to life with breathtaking
depth as you move iPhone in your hand.
View event details right in Photos
View details of events, like concerts,
sports, and more, right in the Info panel in
Photos, then listen to top songs from the
artist or their tour, see the final score, or
browse upcoming events.
Hide the sidebar
Choose to hide the sidebar when you want
to let your photos fill the screen.
Relevant video thumbnails in
search results
Search results for a video display the
matching frame so you can quickly find the
video you’re looking for.
New Photos Widget options
View spatial scenes, or show photos in full
color on the Home Screen.
Safari
Liquid Glass toolbar
The new rounded tab design floats
gracefully in the tab bar while web page
content flows underneath the toolbar while
you browse.
Refreshed sidebar
The refreshed sidebar includes new
sections to help you more easily find your
saved content, like iCloud Tabs and
Recently Saved.
Expanded privacy protections
Advanced Fingerprinting Protection, which
was previously limited to Private Browsing,
now protects all browsing in Safari. It
obscures browser and device data that
can be used to create a digital fingerprint
of users.
Add to Home Screen update
Add to Home Screen now gives users the
option to open any page as a web app.
Safari Web Extension Packager
Web extension developers can now
package their web extension without using
a Mac or Xcode. Simply upload a ZIP file
with your extension to App Store Connect
to haveit converted and packaged up for
testing and publishing to the App Store.
TV app
New design
Movies and shows are now displayed as
cinematic posters, showing you more at
a glance.
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Key Features
Windowing
Fluid app resizing
Drag from the bottom corners to fluidly
resize apps into windows when you want
to use them alongside other apps.
Precise window positioning
Place windows exactly where you
want them—even off to the side of the
screen when you need to make room
for other windows.
Persistent size & placement
Open apps in the exact same size and
position you previously opened them in
from the Dock or Home Screen.
More windows
See more of your open apps on iPad at
one time than ever before.
Peek at the Home Screen
When working with windowed apps,
swipe home to move them off the screen
temporarily to peek at your Home Screen.
Minimize all
When working with windowed apps, swipe
home twice to minimize all your open
windows when you want to start fresh.
Window controls
Placed in a familiar top-left position, new
controls make it easy to close windows,
minimize them into their app icon, take
them full screen, or even tile them.
Window tiling
Use the new window controls to tile
windows to the left, right, top, or bottom.
You can even split your display into
thirds or quarters to work across even
more apps at once.
Flick to tile
Flick your windows toward the left or
right edges to instantly split your screen
between two windows.
Flick to full screen
Flick your windows to the top edge to
take them full screen.
Flick to minimize
Flick your windows down to instantly
minimize them into their app icon.
Exposé
Swipe up from the bottom and hold or
swipe up with three fingers on a trackpad,
to get a birds-eye view and see all your
open windows at a glance to find the one
you need.
App Exposé
See all the open windows of just one
specific app by tapping and holding on its
app icon and tapping Show All Windows.
Or tap on an app icon while using Exposé
to filter down to just the windows from
that app.
Stage Manager
Turn on Stage Manager to group and
organize your windows into multiple
stages, while still taking advantage of
the updated windowing system’s powerful
features—including fluid window resizing,
precise window placement, intuitive
window controls, tiling, flick gestures,
and Exposé.
Open in new window
Open files from the Files app, Mail or
Messages in apps like Pages, Numbers
and Keynote, and they’ll open in their
own window.
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Menu Bar
Easy feature access
Easily access all your app’s commands
with the menu bar—just swipe down from
the top edge of iPad, or move your cursor
to the top when using a trackpad.
Search
Use search to quickly find a specific
command. You can also use search in the
menu bar to quickly find related tips for the
app you’re in when you need some help.
Dock
More apps in the Dock
Add even more apps to your Dock for
easy access from anywhere.
Folders in the Dock
Access files and folders from anywhere
with folders inthe Dock. Simply drag a
folder from the Files app into your Dock
to add it. Youcan then add a file to a folder
by simply dragging it into the folder in
yourDock, and a tap expands the folder
to see all the files inside.
Files
Updated List view
See more of your files and their
details with resizable columns and
collapsible folders.
Customizable folder icons
Add custom icons and emoji to your
folders, and choose a specific color for
them to make them easier to identify
from aglance as they sync across iOS,
iPadOS, and macOS.
Open With
Choose which app you want to use to
open a file with by tapping and holding
on it, and tapping Open With. Or, if you
want to set thedefault app for a file or file
type, open the Get Info panel to choose a
new default.
Audio / Video Recording
Input Picker
Easily specify which microphone to use
from Control Center—even different
choices for different apps.
Voice Isolation
Activate in Control Center to keep voices
clear and crisp in any app.
Local capture
From Control Center, record high
quality audio and video from your own
device while on a video call to produce
content easily.
Background Tasks
File Transfers
Keep track of file transfers, copies, or
file exports.
Downloads
Monitor downloads from Safari from
anywhere.
Cursor
Precise Cursor
Navigate iPad, select text, and drag
content with a more precise and
responsive cursor when connected to
a Magic Keyboard or Bluetooth mouse
or trackpad.
Shake to find
Jiggle your cursor to temporarily enlarge
it to make it easier to find.
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Preview
Browse PDFs and images
Access all your PDFs and images right
from Preview.
PDF editing
Mark up your PDFs with Apple Pencil,
resize them, or even rotate them.
PDF AutoFill
Use PDF AutoFill to quickly fill out
PDF forms with your contact information
and details.
Scan documents
Use the camera on iPad to quickly scan a
document as a PDF. You can scanmultiple
pages at once and instantly mark it up with
Apple Pencil, sign it, and share it.
Export
Export PDFs and images as different file
types or in different sizes.
Create from clipboard
Copy an image or objects in apps like
Keynote, and instantly create a new image
with them in Preview.
Create a new image
Create an empty page, and use
Apple Pencil to draw or write on it.
Image editing
Crop, flip, rotate, and resize images,
or select a specific part of your image
to copy.
Journal
Journal
The journal app on iPad includes all the
features people love on iPhone, letting you
capture the moments of your life using
photos, videos, audio recordings, places,
and more—while being designed from the
ground up for iPad.
Apple Pencil support
Get creative and illustrate your thoughts
with lettering, sketches, and doodles
using Apple Pencil on iPad. And make
your journal even more personal with
entries in your own handwriting, enhanced
with SmartScript to appear smoother,
straighter, and more legible.
Journaling suggestions
Suggestions for journaling, created on your
iPhone, sync securely to iPad—so you can
remember your daily experiences and add
them to your journal at any time.
More Flexible Layout
Customize the layout of your journal
entries by adding photos, videos,
drawings, and other attachments
seamlessly within the text you write.
Multiple Journals
Keep your entries organized by creating
multiple journals for different aspects of
your life, and add a custom name and
icon for each.
Map View
A beautiful map view shows entries based
on their location so you can see entries
written at a specific place or find entries
you made nearby.
Insights
The updated insights view shows a
highlighted photo for each month on
the calendar.
Live Translation
Automatically translate Messages
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Automatically translate incoming texts,
including group messages. Type your
response in your preferred language, and it
will be delivered to your friend in both the
original and translated language.
Translated captions in FaceTime
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Follow along with translated captions that
appear fluidly on your screen, while you
can continue to hear your friend or family
member’s voice.
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Genmoji
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Image Playground
Audio translation in Phone
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Translate a phone call you make or receive,
using the More menu during a call. You can
automatically hear the call recipient’s
words translated and spoken out loud in
real time. You can also follow along with a
transcription on your screen when you
take a call on speaker.
Modify personal attributes
Change things like hairstyle and facial hair
for the Genmoji that are inspired by people
from your Photos library.
Modify personal attributes
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Change things like hairstyle and facial hair
for the images you make based on people
from your Photos library.
Add expressions
Select the perfect expression for your
Genmoji of people, so you can make
characters look happy, shocked, and so
much more.
Add expressions
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Select the perfect expression for your
images of people, so you can make
characters look happy, shocked, and so
much more.
More styles with ChatGPT
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You can now make images using ChatGPT.
In addition to existing styles like Animation
or Sketch, you now have new styles with
ChatGPT, like Watercolor and Oil Painting.
And for moments when you want even
more control over your images, tap Any
Style to describe the image and style you
want. Image Playground sends your
description or photos to ChatGPT and gets
you a unique image without jumping
between apps. You’re always in control,
and nothing is shared with ChatGPT
without your permission.
Integration with
Messages Backgrounds
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Create images for your Messages
Backgrounds using Image Playground.
Genmoji in Image Playground
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Now you can create Genmoji right in
Image Playground by selecting Genmoji
as a style.
Combine emoji to make new Genmoji
Now, in addition to turning a text
description into a Genmoji, you can mix
together emoji to create something new.
Like a sloth emoji and a lightbulb emoji for
that moment when you’re the last one in
the group chat to get the joke. You can
even combine emoji and Genmoji with text
descriptions, so if you’re inviting your
friends over for karaoke night, you can mix
a woman emoji with a microphone emoji
and add a “sequined jacket.”
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Shortcuts
Phone
Phone app on iPad
Enjoy the Phone app from iPhone, now
on iPad. It’s all made possible thanks to
Continuity, which lets you relay cellular
calls through your nearby iPhone.
Familiar features from iPhone
The Phone app on iPad includes the
familiarfeatures from iPhone, including
our latest updates like Hold Assist,
Call Screening, and Live Translation.
Conveniently access your synced content
from iPhone too—like Favorites, Recents,
and Voicemails—directly onyour iPad.
Unified layout
A unified layout brings together your
Favorites, Recents, and Voicemails—so
your most-used features are right at your
fingertips without having to switch views.
Contact Posters
Incoming calls on iPad feature stunning
Contact Posters ofyour friends and family,
which look beautiful on the bigger screen.
Hold Assist
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Keep your spot in line while you wait for a
live agent using HoldAssist. Now when
you call a business, the Phone app on iPad
can stay connected on the line while you
wait, so you can continue working on your
iPad. Don’t worry, once a live agent
becomes available, the Phone app rings
you to return to the call and lets the agent
know that you’ll be there shortly.
Call Screening
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Screen incoming calls from unknown
numbers. Your phone will pick up the call
for you and ask for a name and reason for
the call before the phone even rings.
Unknown Callers list
Filter calls from unknown numbers in
a new area of your call list. You can mark
an unknown number to have future calls
from that number appear in your call list
and allow them to call or text you across
Phone, FaceTime, and Messages.
Live Reply
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Respond to a contact from the
incoming call screen. Your response
is spoken to the caller and they can
provide additional information.
Intelligent actions:
Image Playground
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Create a collage of images from a list
of bullet points all at once to quickly
storyboard an idea.
Intelligent actions
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Intelligent actions in Shortcuts can
summarize text, create images, or tap
directly into AppleIntelligence models
to provide responses that feed into
your shortcut.
Intelligent actions: Writing Tools
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Summarize the key points from an entire
folder of documents or your to-do list for
the day in Reminders every morning.
Voicemail summaries
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Apple Intelligence powers new voicemail
summaries that appear inline with your
missed calls, so you can instantly seewho
reached out and what they said.
Intelligent actions: Use Model
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An incredibly powerful new action taps
directly into Apple Intelligence models and
provides responses that feed into the rest of
your shortcut. Create powerful shortcuts
that compare an audio transcription to typed
notes, organize documents by their
contents, extract information from a PDF and
add key details to a spreadsheet, and more.
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Messages
Redesigned conversation details
Easily navigate everything that’s been
shared in a conversation with distinct
sections for contact info, photos, links,
location, and more.
Text selection
Select portions of a text in a single bubble
to copy and share elsewhere.
Photo Previews
Smaller size previews of the photo will be
shared first when network connection is
limited, automatically followed by the full-
resolution image.
Typing indicators in groups
Know exactly who is about to chime in with
typing indicators in groups.
Add contact button in groups
Easily add new contacts in groups with the
Add Contact button right in the
conversation next to the unknown number.
On-device spam protection
On-device spam detection filters out
spam from your conversations list. With
a model that updates and incorporates
user feedback, it offers the latest
protection against unwanted messages.
Screen unknown senders
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Opt in to stay in control of who can reach
you. Screened messages from unknown
numbers are placed in a new area of your
conversation list and out of your way. Once
you approve a screened number, they can
call or text you across Phone, FaceTime,
and Messages.
Text Filters
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Further organize messages from unknown
senders by opting in to sorting messages
into Promotions (offers, marketing,
subscriptions) and Transactions (receipts,
bills, confirmations) so you can quickly
find important information.
Allow Notifications
Select with type of messages—Time
Sensitive, Personal, Transactions or
Promotions—from unknown senders you
want to be notified for. Messages in the
selected categories will show notifications
and appear in the main conversation list
for 8 hours.
Backgrounds
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Make your conversations feel more
personal with Backgrounds for everyone
in the conversation to enjoy. Select from
dynamic built-in options like water or
aurora, choose any of your ownphotos,
or create one with Image Playground.
Improved search
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Search with more natural language, like
“photos of mom during our June trip to
the beach.” Search will also show results
based onrelated terms to what you typed,
like texts about the beach or ocean when
you type “sand.”
Polls
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Send polls to friends and family over
iMessage to find out everyone’s availability
or preference for dinner. Apple Intelligence
can even detect when a poll might come in
handy and suggest one.
Polls display votes
as they come in live.
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Draft Filter
Find your unfinished messages all in
one place. Drafts are organized by
conversation and can be quickly reopened
for easy editing and sending.
Block a contact from
Conversation Details
Block a contact right from Messages by
going to the Conversation Details view.
Gaming
Game Overlay
With a simple click, adjust settings,
connect with friends, and check out
the latest updates from the Games app,
all without leaving your game. You’re
always just a tap away from what you
need mid-game.
MetalFX Frame Interpolation
and Denoising
Your games will look smoother with
MetalFX Frame Interpolation, which game
developers can use to deliver higher and
more stable frame rates. And MetalFX
Denoising enables incredible realism by
improving the quality of ray-traced and
path-traced effects.
Easier pairing
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You can now pair your DualSense
controller with your iPad automatically
by connecting it over USB-C connection.
And now, you can also pair multiple
Apple devices to your DualSense or
DualSense Edge controller and easily
switch between them directly using the
controller or Bluetooth settings.
Apple Games
Gaming Hub
Explore what’s new across all your
games—including the latest in-game
events, major updates, and games your
friends are playing, so you never miss
a moment.
Challenges
Play and compete with friends in
challenges, track scores in real time,
crown a winner, and have a rematch.
See what they’re playing, and jump
into games together.
Game Library
Access your entire game library,
including new and past downloads from
the App Store and Apple Arcade,
and launch when you’re ready to play.
Apple Arcade
Access over 200 award-winning games
with no ads or in-app purchases.
Subscribers can stay up to date on the
latest releases and events, track
achievements, compare scores, and play
with friends.
Personalized Recommendations
Get recommendations of new games
tailored just for you, based on the games
you love to play.
Controller support
Connect a controller to navigate, browse
for games, and seamlessly move from one
game to another.
Music
AutoMix
Like a DJ, AutoMix seamlessly transitions
from one song into the next, using time
stretching and beat matching to deliver an
even more seamless listening experience.
Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation
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Understand the lyrics and sing along in
different languages, right from the Now
Playing view in Apple Music.
Music Pins
Elevate your most-loved music to the top
of your library for easy access.
Enhanced Replay Insights
Check out your month-by-month and
year-end stats easily in-app.
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Even More
Accessibility
Accessibility Nutrition Labels
Learn about accessibility features for
apps and games in the App Store with
Accessibility Nutrition Labels. Features
appear on the product page and include
VoiceOver, Voice Control, Larger Text,
Sufficient Contrast, Reduced Motion,
captions, and more.
Accessibility Reader
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A new, systemwide reading mode is
designed tomake text easier to read for
users who are blind, have low vision, or
haveother disabilities affecting reading.
Use the Accessibility Shortcut or Control
Center to launch Accessibility Reader from
any app to view text in a custom format or
have it read aloud.
Braille Access
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A powerful new way for Braille users with
connected displays to interact with their
Apple devices. With Braille Access, users
canquickly take notes, read documents,
access Live Captions, launch apps, and
perform various other tasks effortlessly.
Faster and easier
Personal Voice creation
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For users at risk of losing their ability to
speak, Personal Voice uses on-device
intelligence to create a smoother, more
natural-sounding voice in less than a
minute, using only 10 recorded phrases.
Share Accessibility Settings
A brand-new way for users to quickly and
temporarily share their accessibility
settings with another iPhone or iPad. Share
Accessibility Settings is a great option if
you need to use a shared iPad such as a
public kiosk at a cafe. It also makes it easy
to look at something on a friend’s device.
Customize Vehicle Motion Cues
Animated dots, which can help reduce
motion sickness, now have visual
customization, including size, color,
density, and pattern.
More Background Sounds options
Personalize your listening experience to
minimize distractions, increase sense of
focus, and help you cope with symptoms
related to tinnitus. Background Sounds is
easier to use with new equalizer settings,
the option to stop automatically after a
period of time, and new actions for
automations in Shortcuts.
Name Recognition
Sound Recognition can now be trained to
recognize names to notify users who are
deaf or hard of hearing if their name is
being called.
Head Tracking
Users with limited mobility can navigate
iPhone using head movements more
easily and perform actions like tapping
or taking a screenshot using different
facial expressions.
Mobility improvements for typing
Typing using Eye Tracking and
Switch Control will be easier and more
accurate with a separate dwell timer for
keyboard keys and fewer steps when
typing with switches.
TV app optimized for Assistive Access
A new streamlined media player
for watching movies and shows in
Assistive Access.
AirPlay
AirPlay Enhancements
Now when you use AirPlay to play audio to
HomePod, everyone in the home can use
their iPhone to see what’s playing, control
the music, or modify which HomePod
speakers are playing.
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Calculator
Graph in three dimensions
By writing an equation starting with z=,
you can now graph in three-dimensions
in Math Notes.
Change range of a graph
Dynamically adjust the range of each
axis of your graph.
Arabic Calculator
New design supporting both Western
Arabic and Arabic-Indic numerals, with
a right-to-left layout for Arabic users
Clock
Custom Snooze
Change the amount of time you
can snooze an alarm, from 1 minute
to 15 minutes.
Larger snooze button
Easily tap the larger snooze button
when your alarm goes off.
Dictation
Spell with your voice
Proactively dictate the spelling of words
or names in U.S. English that are unique
or commonly spelled multiple ways
so Dictation spells them just the way
you want.
Focus
SIM Based Focus Mode
New Focus filter option based on SIM
line for dual sim users, allowing users
to independently limit a SIM during any
focus mode.
Freeform
Handwriting Upgrades
Create traditional calligraphy with the
reed pen, and auto-refine or spell-check
handwriting.
Updates to Image Playground
Create better images from your drawings,
use new styles from ChatGPT, and more.
Recently Added
Add scenes to jump to regions of the
board, send a copy of your board to others,
and more.
Home
Adaptive Temperature
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Set your thermostat to automatically
adjust when you’re at home, when you
leave your house, or when you’re away
for an extended period of time.
Keyboard
Arabic Multiscript Keyboard
Type in a mix of Arabic and English in a
single sentence. The keyboard
automatically detects the language you’re
typing in and selects the most likely word
from Arabic or English.
Arabic Transliteration keyboard
Support for Arabic transliteration
Keyboard that lets you type words
phonetically in English and converts
them to Arabic.
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24 Key Thai Keyboard
New keyboard layout for typing Thai
that has large, easy-to-tap keys and
intelligently suggests words as you type.
Natural text selection
for Right-to-left languages
Text selection in sentences using a mix
of right-to-left languages, left-to-right
languages is now visually contiguous
across scripts.
Redesigned Māori keyboard layout
Dedicated key to easily type the ¯ (macron)
accent which denotes long vowels.
New Zealand keyboard layout
New layout includes access long vowels
(ā ē ī ō ū) to make it convenient to type in
both English and Māori.
Notes
Call transcripts
Capture a FaceTime audio or phone
conversation as text and audio, then view a
summary of the call.
Markdown Export and Import
Save and download your notes as
Markdown files, or import Markdown
formatted files.
Podcasts
Enhance Dialogue
Using real-time audio processing and
machine learning, you can turn on Enhance
Dialogue to hear speech more clearly over
background sounds and save this setting
per show.
More Custom Speed Settings
Find the perfect listening speed, with
options from 0.5x to 3x, and save your
preferred setting for each show.
Protecting Kids Online
Communication Requests
Parents can now approve requests
from their kids to communicate with
new phone numbers—all from a single
tap in messages.
Moving kids to Child Accounts
Parents can easily correct the age on
their child’s Apple Account if it’s currently
misconfigured, which will convert the
account into a proper Child Account,
allowing them to take advantage of all
parental controls and restrictions.
Safety settings for teens
Teenagers between 13 and 17 years
old will have safety settings like
Communication Safety, app age ratings,
and web content filters turned on by
default to help provide them with an
age-appropriate experience.
Communication Safety
Shared Albums in Photos and live
FaceTime calls will now detect and
blur out nudity to further protect
children’s communications.
Age-appropriate experiences in apps
Parents can enable their kids to share their
age range with third-party apps, allowing
them to view content and access age-
appropriate features when using the app.
App Store
App age ratings expand to include two
new ratings and the updated product
pages will provide additional details on the
content and features that exist within an
app. Parents can also grant an exception to
allow their child to download an app that
exceeds their age rating.
New features available with iPadOS 26
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Reminders
Quick Reminders
Quickly create reminders on your
Home Screen or by typing them into
your Spotlight search. It’s aperfect tool
to make a reminder on the go without
interrupting your workflow.
Time Zone Support
Individual reminders can have a time zone
selected for them. You can also select a
time zone display setting for theapp.
Reed Pen
Reed pen
Available in the tool palette, this new
pen uses stroke angle presets to enable
a calligraphy experience in apps like
Notes, Freeform, Journal, when using
Markup, and in third-party apps using
the PencilKit API.
Passwords
Password history
View a timeline of changes you’ve made to
an account in Passwords, including a
history of past passwords and generated
strong passwords.
Verification Code AutoFill
from Notifications
You can now autofill verification codes
from notifications you receive from apps
on your device.
Siri
AirPlay Enhancements with Siri
When you’re using AirPlay to play Music
on HomePod, you can now ask Siri to play
to other HomePod speakers in your home.
Auto-categorize
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Automatically categorize your
reminders into tidysections within a list.
With Apple Intelligence, reminders
will group themselves into related topics
like “work” or “errands” to make them
more manageable.
Siri product knowledge: Device and
context awareness
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When offering you product knowledge, Siri
now takes your on-screen and on-device
context into account, including information
about your settings, model, and software.
Follow up on ChatGPT responses
with actions
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Siri can help you take action on responses
from ChatGPT, so if you ask something
like “What are some great songs for
Karaoke?” you can follow up by saying
“Play the third one”.
Suggested Reminders
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With Apple Intelligence, Reminders can
now review an email, website, note, or
other text on your device to find the most
relevant tasks or grocery items from what
you’re looking at. Easily pull ingredients
out of a recipe in Safari or News+, or get
key action items from meeting notes. Just
share text or a page to the Reminders app
to quickly get suggestions from context.
Create files from ChatGPT
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You can now ask ChatGPT to generate a
document based on the response to a
prompt like “Make a spreadsheet”. Then
use the ShareSheet to save to Files or
open in your preferred app.
New features available with iPadOS 26
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Settings
Centralized Blocked List in Settings
Manage your blocked contacts for all of
your communication apps in Settings.
New Battery UI
Learn even more about how your daily
usage patterns and most frequently
used apps consume battery with all new
Battery UI designed to put all the
information you need at your fingertips.
Estimated Time to Charge
Now see how long it will take your
phone to reach your desired charge
after selecting charge limits.
Writing Tools
Improved formatting support in
Writing Tools
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Compose with ChatGPT can preserve and
output rich text and formatting like bold,
links, headings, inline images, bullet points,
and tables.
*Coming in an update later this year.
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Supported on iPad Pro 11-inch (M4), iPadPro11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 13-inch (M4), iPadPro12.9-inch
(5th generation and later), iPad Air 11-inch (M3), iPad Air 11-inch (M2), iPad Air 11-inch(5th generation), iPad Air 13-inch
(M3), iPad Air 13-inch (M2), iPad mini (A17 Pro) and iPad mini (6th generation)
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Supported on iPad Pro 11-inch (M4), iPad Pro 13-inch (M4), iPad Air 11-inch (M2), iPad Air 13-inch (M2), and iPad mini
(A17 Pro), including both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular models
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Live Translation in Messages is available in English (US, UK), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (Simplified) on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
For more details on Apple Intelligence feature and language availability and system requirements, see
http://support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Live Translation in Phone and FaceTime is available for one-on-one calls in English (US, UK), French (France), German,
Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Spain) on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, iPad, or Mac. For more details on
Apple Intelligence feature and language availability and system requirements, see http://support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Genmoji, Image Playground, and Image Wand are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese
(Brazil), and Spanish on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, iPad, or Mac. For more details on Apple Intelligence feature
and language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Genmoji, Image Playground, and Image Wand are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese
(Brazil), and Spanish on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Integration with ChatGPT is available only in
regions where ChatGPT app and service is available. Refer to OpenAI for ChatGPT availability. For more details on
Apple Intelligence feature and language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Apple Intelligence is available in beta. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. For feature and
language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Voicemail summaries are available in English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK,
U.S.), French (Canada, France), German (Germany), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), and
Spanish (Mexico, Spain, U.S.) when Apple Intelligence is enabled on a compatible iPhone, iPad, or Mac. For more details on
Apple Intelligence feature and language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-us/121115
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Available in English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), French (France), German (Germany), Japanese,
Mandarin Chinese (Chinamainland), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Mexico, Spain, U.S.).
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Available in Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), English, French (Canada, France), German (Germany),
Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Macao, Taiwan), Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish (Mexico,
Puerto Rico, Spain, U.S.).
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Screen unknown senders is on by default in China, India and Brazil.
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Available in Brazil, India and the U.S.
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This feature will require anupcoming firmware release for DualSense controller.
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Translation available for select songs in the following languages: English to Chinese (Simplified), English to Japanese,
Korean toChinese (Simplified), Korean to English, Korean to Japanese, and Spanish to English. Pronunciation available for
select songs in the following scripts: Japanese to Romanized, Korean to Romanized, Korean to Katakana, Cantonese to
Jyutping, Chinese (Simplified) toPinyin, Chinese (Traditional) to Pinyin, Hindi to Romanized, and Punjabi to Romanized.
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Available in Arabic, Basque, Bengali (India), Bhojpuri (India), Bulgarian, Cantonese (Hong Kong), Catalan, Croatian, Czech,
Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, India, Ireland,Scotland, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Farsi, Finnish,
French (Belgium, Canada, France), Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,
Kannada, Kazak, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Marathi, Norwegian, Polish,
Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico,
Spain), Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Valencian, and Vietnamese.
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Braille Access requires a connected braille display. The Live Captions feature is available in Cantonese (China mainland,
Hong Kong), English (Australia, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), French (Canada, France), German (Germany), Japanese,
Korean, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland), and Spanish (Mexico, Spain, U.S.).
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Personal Voice can only be used to create a voice that sounds like the user on device, using their own voice, and for their
own personal, noncommercial use. Available in English (US), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland), and Spanish (Mexico)
on devices that support Apple Intelligence
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Requires a home hub, such as Apple TV or HomePod and a compatible Matter thermostat. Users must be using the latest
version of Apple Home and have location services enabled for Home app and Home Accessories.
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Integration with ChatGPT is available on Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone, iPad, or Mac, only in regions where
ChatGPT app and service is available. Refer to OpenAI for ChatGPT availability. For Apple Intelligence feature and
language availability and system requirements, see support.apple.com/en-us/121115