Apple WWDC 2025: New iOS 26 promises the ‘biggest changes in years’ after launching ‘worst AI in Silicon Valley’
By Chris Melore, Dailymail.com Science Assistant Editor
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The Apple World Developer Conference (WWDC) 2025 began on Monday when the technological giant revealed its new software for its iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches and more.
This year, The Spotlight is in iOS 26, the new operating system for iPhones, which is obtaining an important change.
Instead of calling it iOS 19, Apple changed to a name of the year, so it is iOS 26 to match the launch period 2025-2026.
Apple fans received a preview of the new ‘Liquid Glass’ design inspired by Apple Vision Pro headphones, causing the iPhone to look more modern and futuristic.
IOS 26 are also expected to include updates such as Smarter Siri characteristics, the ability to create surveys or establish background images and better battery management for longer duration.
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Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, opened the World Developer Conference world
Software Chief Craig Federight revealed new changes for Apple Intelligence, who has faced criticism as one of the worst AI systems in Silicon Valley.
The new IOS 26 design focuses on the concept of ‘liquid glass’ that will allow users to see their 3D images
New functions and updates for telephone and camera applications of the iPhone are approaching
iOS 26 will allow users to instantly translate real -time conversations
Apple wallet updates will include more features for tracking, air travel passes and verifying their identification
The iOS 26 version will also come for the iPad, Apple Watch and Mac
Developers can start trying this software as of today, with the public obtaining the beta test version in July. iOS 26 will be officially available this fall.
The protester tries to block the main discourse of Apple
Craig Federight’s opening comments were almost derailed by a protester who sneaked into the WWDC 2025 on Monday afternoon.
It is not clear what the protester said while trying to interrupt the presentation of Federight of iOS 26, CNBC reported.
Several important technological events have been interrupted by the protests recently, most of which supported Hamas and protested the commercial ties of the technology industry with the Israeli government.
Tim Cook says that iOS 26 is available to try today
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, closed Monday’s presentation of the company’s new operating system by announcing that iOS 26 is now available for developers for today’s beta tests.
That means that a version prior to the launch of the iOS 26 operating system for iPhones is now accessible so that Apple developers registered test.
It is an early and unfinished version of iOS 26 that Apple shares with application developers so that they can try it, try their applications and make sure everything works before the final version comes out. It is like a draft of the software, so it can have errors or technical problems.
Cook added that a public beta version will be available in July, which means that Apple will have a version prior to the launch of software available for regular users so they can try it before the final version is launched.
All users can start using iOS 26 this fall, Cook said.
Apple reveals a new iPad window design in ‘Amazing launch’
In an update, Craig Federight called a ‘mass update’ and ‘amazing launch’, the iPad has received a complete redesign to provide users with a window screen for all its various applications and programs.
Federight said this will help with multitasking on the iPad, providing users with the ability to change the size of Windows applications or bring their main task to full screen size.
You can also place your Windows iPad where you want on the screen. Malming those windows towards the edge of the screen allows you to stain them.
A new menu bar for applications will help users find their favorite features quickly.
‘Liquid Glass’ arriving in iPads, Macs and Apple Watches
Craig Federight, Senior Vice President of Apple Software Engineering, revealed that iPhones will not be the only Apple products that use the new ‘liquid glass’ design.
During WWDC 2025, Federight reveals that Apple Watch and Macs will have their own versions of iOS 26, called Watchos 26 and Tahoe macOS.
For the clock, there will be a greater AI integration into characteristics such as the training partner. The clock will collect information from your training and send new ideas immediately.
The generative AI will also talk to users, providing encouragement words during their training sessions.
In the MAC, Tahoe will use the new liquid glass design to provide users with menu bars that are now transparent so that the screen feels bigger than ever.
You can also customize the appearance of your MAC, change the colors of the folders and add icons or emoji to give visual signals.
Apple Wallet obtains an update that improves purchase and identification functions
Apple’s team revealed that iOS 26 includes several new updates of the Apple wallet.
These characteristics will give iPhone users more details about each of their purchases, even being able to track shipments and order states.
The wallet also has improved characteristics for digital identification, which facilitates travelers to verify their identity in the United States and territories such as Puerto Rico.
IOS 26 also includes updated shipping pass functions, which is recorded at airports and exceed TSA’s safety more easily if you keep all those documents on your phone.
iOS 26 can instantly translate foreign languages for people by sending text messages or traveling internationally
Apple’s engineering team revealed that Apple Intelligence in iOS 26 will now admit the live translation through iPhones.
This will allow people to translate conversations during telephone calls, facetime sessions and text messages exchanges in real time.
New camera and telephone characteristics that reach iOS 26
The application of the camera in iOS 26 has been redesigned to include more simplified menus.
The photos on their iPhone also get a renovation, which allows users to see their 3D images thanks to the new Redesign of glass glass.
In addition, the iOS 26 telephone application is obtaining a ‘unified appearance’, combining recent and favorites.
Apple Intelligence will provide iPhone users summaries of their voice emails. The technological giant has also added a call detection function that works a lot as the assistance of Google calls.
Apple presents images of ‘liquid glass’ for a new design
Craig Federight, Senior Vice President of Apple software engineering, revealed that Apple’s new design focuses on the concept of ‘liquid glass’.
As part of the introduction of Apple of iOS 26, all applications for the iPhone will have the same version number that marks the year in which the update will take it.
Federight pointed out that the latest important update of the operating system was iOS 7. The current system is iOS 18.5.
That means that this year’s update for the iPhone is iOS 26 since it will use it until 2026.
Federight then showed the new operating system, and the effect of ‘liquid glass’ on the home screen and the lock screen that can give its images a 3D effect.
Apple’s main engineer reveals new changes in Apple’s intelligence
Craig Federight, Senior Vice President of Apple software engineering, revealed that the company is working improving and expanding its Apple intelligence system.
Apple Intelligence is a personal system introduced by Apple to make iphones, iPads and Mac smarter and more useful.
One of the main updates will be the addition of several new languages that users can speak while using AI.
A new ‘base models’ frame will allow Apple developers to directly access the large language models that Apple is using, similar to AI programs such as Chatgpt.
Who is Apple Tim Cook?
Tim Cook is Apple’s CEO, one of the world’s largest technology companies, known for products such as iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Before Apple, Cook worked for the main technological rivals such as IBM and Compaq. In 1998, he joined Apple when the company was fighting.
Steve Jobs, co -founder of Apple, hired him to fix the company’s supply chain. Cook planning helped Apple to do and sell products more efficiently, making the company a power.
When Steve Jobs, Apple’s co -founder, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Cook, then Apple’s operations director, intervened as an interim CEO during Jobs medical leaves in 2004, 2009 and 2011.
Like CEO, Cook led Apple to create popular products such as Apple Watch (launched in 2015) and Airpods (launched in 2016), which became great hits.
Under his leadership, Apple’s value shot, so it is the first American company with a value of more than $ 1 billion in 2018.
Tim cook hoped to deliver the key note in iOS26
Apple’s CEO is expected to talk during the WWDC 2025 opening announcement, where the company’s new operating system will be revealed to the world.
The World Developer Conference of Apple (WWDC) 2025 is an annual event organized by Apple, mainly for developers, but also in advance with enthusiasm by Apple fans.
The key discourse is expected to highlight the new main features, such as the new ‘digital glass’ design of IOS 26 inspired by visos, Improved Apple intelligence with characteristics such as ‘generative shortcuts’, improved Siri capabilities and applications updates such as messages, safari and cochalas.
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