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.

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 introduced a new, compact design for Safari in iOS 26 that serves as the default layout, but there are two other design options available

Apple's 2026 operating systems will be unified and see a major visual upgrade called the Liquid Glass design language.

Apple isn't holding back with CarPlay in iOS 26. Here are the 5 features that will greatly improve your driving experience later this fall.

Beta testing then gets underway, before a full release later in the year—typically September for iOS to coincide with the launch of the new iPhones. Then the next year, the same timetable repeats. At WWDC 2025,

Also: Everything you might've missed at WWDC 2025: iOS 26, Liquid Glass, MacOS Tahoe, more The feature I'm referring to is called "Adaptive Power," a battery conservation tool that's baked into the Power Mode settings in iOS 26.