Apple to release iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 on Sept 15

Apple will release iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 to the public on Monday, September 15, the company said, after distributing release candidate builds to developers and public beta testers following its June Worldwide Developers Conference and this week’s iPhone launch event. The updates, which have been available in developer and public beta form all summer, introduce a sweeping visual redesign and a range of new productivity and intelligence features across iPhone and iPad.

Apple’s release notes and the release candidate builds show the most visible change is a new Liquid Glass design language, which emphasizes translucency and glass like interface elements across the Lock Screen, Home Screen, Control Center, menus and first party apps. The company is also shipping a host of functional changes. iOS 26 adds Visual Intelligence features that let the system analyze and interact with on‑screen content, live translation integrated into Messages, FaceTime and Phone, a redesigned Camera app with easier switching between photo and video, a new Games app, and various Apple Intelligence improvements. iPadOS 26 brings a more Mac like multitasking system with multiple app windows, an upgraded...