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Title: WWDC 2025: Everything Apple announced including iOS 26, Liquid Glass
design and more

Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:31:29 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/wwdc-2025-e...

The WWDC 2025 keynote gave Apple device owners a peek into what they can
expect their iPhones, iPads and Macs to look like later this year. The
company focused on design and productivity upgrades to all of its major
operating systems this time around, and of course, some new AI features as
well. When the latest OSes become available to all this fall, interfaces will
look noticeably different than they did before, with a refreshed design
language, updated widgets, a few overhauled apps and more. Here's everything
Apple announced at WWDC 2025 this year.

Apple Intelligence

Apple kicked off the keynote by talking about Apple Intelligence, reviewing
features that iPhone users already have access. The biggest piece of news
this time around is that all apps, including those made by third-party
developers, will be able to access Apple Intelligence. That means non-native
apps will able to tap into Apple Intelligence to use AI to enhance their own
features.

Liquid Glass design and new software names Apple

As was expected, Apple revealed a new visual design language coming to all of
its operating systems dubbed Liquid Glass. It called this new system its
"broadest" design update yet, and it features semi-transparent design
features like redesigned widgets, notifications and more. Apple is billing it
as more dynamic than the previous design language, and it will bring even
more consistency across all operating systems including iOS, iPadOS and
macOS.

In addition to the new design language, Apple is revamping the names of all
of its operating systems. Instead of iOS 19, for example, weΓÇÖll have iOS 26
coming out this fall. iPadOS 26, watchOS 26 and others will follow suit,
marking the first time Apple has given its software updates year identifiers
instead of arbitrary generation numbers.

iOS 26

Upon naming iOS 26 for the first time during the keynote, Apple focused on
the visual changes we can expect coming in the redesign. The changes are
subtle, but they give iOS a cleaner look and feel, with lots of overlapping
elements, rounded corners and more. Apple said the design is inspired by that
of visionOS, the operating system that powers Vision Pro headsets. App icons
has slightly different looks, and toolbars and text inputs have see-through
appearances. But folks will be happy to know that things look largely the
same ΓÇö you shouldn't have an issue identifying key apps like the Phone app,
FaceTime and more.

Speaking of the Phone app, it's getting the biggest redesign since its launch
with the original iPhone all those years ago. It puts scrolling front-and-
center, allowing you to scroll through key contacts, recent calls and
voicemail messages all on one screen. A translucent bar at the bottom of the
screen gives you quick access to additional contacts and other options. Hold
Assist, a new feature, will mute hold music but keep you on the call until
someone picks up on the other line.

Messages is getting a few new features as well, including the ability to
change the entire message background color for group messages and the ability
to take polls among group chat members. New screening features including
"unknown senders," which sequesters those pesky spam messages to a separate
space in Messages, so you can keep your most important conversations in the
forefront and ignore those that don't matter.

Elsewhere within Messages are a few sneaky AI features related to Genmoji. In
the forthcoming software update, you'll be able to combine two existing
emojis to create an entirely new, custom Genmoji, and you can even use
ChatGPT to create Genmoji if you wish. Live translate is coming to Messages
as well, automatically translating messages as you type and delivering them
to the receiver in their preferred language. Similarly functioning live
captions will be available in FaceTime. Call Translation API will be
available to other developers to use in their communication apps as well.

Developing...

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-
tech/wwdc-2025-everything-apple-announced-including-ios-26-liquid-glass-
design-and-more-171718030.html?src=rss

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