The new update has finally arrived, with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and the 26 version updates for all Apple devices. Yes, it's a big leap from iOS 18 to iOS 26, but the releases are just numbers; the important thing is the new features. I can almost see the new version making its way powerfully to your devices! This eagerly awaited update promises an exceptional experience that will change your entire view of the Apple world. Imagine with me the new glass interface and a world of amazing features that will refresh your device and give it a new life—all for free. Welcome to a new era of creativity and innovation.
In the following lines, we will provide you with a complete guide to updating to this version, as you are accustomed to from us previously, and every year, so that it serves as a basic reference for you and helps in making the steps of the update process successful to its end.
Contents of the guide:
- Devices that this update applies to
- What's new in iOS 26
- Basic notes before updating
- Basic steps before updating
- Questions and answers
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Devices that the update applies to:
iOS 26 will work on the following devices:
Apple also provided the iOS 18.7 update with the iOS 18 update for people who are not ready for the update currently and for devices that do not support the iOS 26 update.
What's new in iOS 26, according to Apple
Graphic Design
- Liquid Glass brings more joy to interactions across iOS, refracts and reflects content in real time, and brings more focus to what you're viewing on your screen.
- Adaptive Time on the Lock Screen seamlessly adjusts its size according to the available space on the Lock Screen, complementing your photo themes and adapting to the appearance of notifications and live activities.
- Spatial scenes let you add a new 3D effect to photo backgrounds, bringing them to life when you move your iPhone around.
- Liquid Glass brings a fresh new look to app icons that can also be customized in more ways with a light or dark theme, new colorful icons, and a new transparent look.
- Animated album art makes music playback a more immersive experience, with fully designed on-screen animations by the artists on supported albums.
Camera
- A seamless design makes it easier to access photo and video modes, with other modes accessible with just a swipe.
- Lens cleaning tips alert you when the lens is dirty so you can capture the highest quality photo possible (iPhone 15 and later)
- A new gesture in AirPods lets you take a photo or start recording a video in the camera by just pressing the stem of AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, and later.
Pictures
- Separate tabs for Library and Collections provide easier browsing, and you can access search in each view.
- The display of groups can be customized with three different layout options, and groups are easy to collapse and rearrange.
- Learning about events such as concerts and sporting events allows you to view event details and access related content.
Phone
- New unified layout option brings together Favorites, Recents, and Voicemail in one place.
- Screened calls from unknown numbers can be placed in a new area in the call list, so they don't hinder you.
Messages
Screening unknown senders helps you control who can contact you, and puts screened messages in a new area of your conversations list so they don't get in the way.
Backgrounds can be added to conversations to further personalize them, with the option to choose to use the included backgrounds or your own images.
Surveys can help you find out everyone's availability for an upcoming dinner plan or decide on a group gift.
Writing indicators in groups make it easy to know exactly who will be participating.
CarPlay
- A new design with Liquid Glass helps make every interaction area on the dashboard stand out,
- It provides a new tab bar design for easy navigation in applications.
- Compact incoming call design makes it easy to keep your eyes on the next turn in your favorite navigation app
- The interactive replies feature in Messages provides a simple way to interact with messages while driving, such as a thumbs up or a heart.
- Pinned conversations appear at the top of the Messages app, making it easier to access your most frequent conversations.
- Tool packs can be found to the left of the dashboard, so you can keep track of your favorite apps at a glance.
- Live activities automatically appear on your dashboard, making it easy to follow real-time events on the go.
Maps
- Favorite Routes improve your frequent travel by learning about routes you take between places you visit regularly, such as your commute from home to work.
Music
- Lyrics translation and pronunciation feature helps you understand the meaning behind your favorite songs and makes it easier for you to sing along, even if you don't know the language.
- The auto-mix feature seamlessly transitions from one song to the next, just like a DJ, by stretching time and matching the beat to deliver a continuous playback experience.
- Pin songs, albums, playlists, and more to the top of your library for quick and easy playback.
Portfolio
- Updated boarding passes give you greater access to important, timely information about your flights and airports, as well as quick access to airline app features.
Installment financing options from your bank or card provider for credit and debit card purchases are available when you pay with Apple Pay in-store on iPhone.
Apple Games
- An all-new app that's a one-stop destination for gaming on iPhone, helping you get back to the games you love, discover new favorites, and play with friends in new ways.
- Challenge friends, track scores in real time, and see what other games your friends are playing.
- Access your entire game library, including new and past downloads from the App Store and Apple Arcade, and launch them when you're ready to play.
- New game recommendations are based on the games you love to play.
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- Contact Requests allow children to send requests to their parents when there are new phone numbers they want to contact.
- Easily convert existing accounts to children's accounts to take full advantage of all available child safety protections.
- Age-appropriate app experiences give parents the option to enable children to share their age group with third-party apps, so they can access age-appropriate content and features.
- Communications Security expands to intervene when nudity is detected in FaceTime Live calls, and to blur nudity in shared albums in Photos.
Facilitation of use
- Accessibility cards on App Store product pages tell you if accessibility features like VoiceOver, Voice Control, and Captions are available within apps and games before you download them.
- Accessibility Reader makes text in any app easier to read by giving you new ways to customize text with extensive font, color, and spacing options, as well as support for spoken content.
- Access Braille helps you take notes, read documents, and start
- Applications and perform various other tasks easily using the connected Braille display.
Other advantages
- Preview is a new iPhone app for viewing and editing PDF files, and includes powerful features like auto-fill, document scanning, and export options.
- The multi-script Arabic keyboard allows you to type in a combination of Arabic and English and automatically selects the most likely word from either language.
- The Arabic calculator design provides Eastern Arabic numerals, labels, functions, and a right-to-left layout.
- A new FaceTime home page design includes custom contact stickers for recent callers and video messages that play on scrolling.
- Local capture records high-quality audio and video from your iPhone during any group video call, allowing you to produce a meeting or podcast with the highest recording clarity.
- The audio input picker in Control Center makes it easy to choose the right microphone for each app, including on the web.
- The Estimated Charging Time feature lets you know how long it will take to charge your iPhone.
- Adaptive Power learns your typical battery usage, and on high-use days, makes automatic adjustments to help you extend battery life throughout the day (iPhone 15 Pro and later)
- The Blood Pressure Recording experience in the Health app can send you reminders to measure your blood pressure using a third-party blood pressure monitor and create a PDF report for your healthcare provider.
- The new Workout tab in the Fitness app offers workout tracking, so you can track metrics like pace and distance, and even more if you have a compatible heart rate monitor, like AirPods Pro 3. If you have an Apple Watch, you can take advantage of the larger screen while using features like creating a custom workout.
- Adaptive Temperature automatically sets your thermostat to your preferred temperature when you're on your way home, and adjusts it to save energy when you leave the house for the day or go on vacation.
- Custom snooze options allow you to set the snooze duration when the alarm goes off, with options from 1 minute to 15 minutes.
- Password History provides a timeline of changes you've made to an account's passwords, including a history of previous passwords and strong passwords generated.
- The Notes app lets you import and export files in Markdown format.
Many of our apps support iOS 26.
By the grace of God, the application "My Prayers" supports the iOS 26 update from day one, to wonderfully and thoughtfully support the new glass interface. You will contemplate the shine of the background around the prayer times box, its appearance is very attractive.
There's also an update coming in a few days that will bring you a Fajr prayer wake-up alarm feature, which will wake you up at Fajr prayer time with the system alarm, and automatically set the alarm time to match the Fajr prayer time.
Foodogenic, which makes food photos more delicious, and Restores.app, a photo enhancement app, now support iOS 26.
A comprehensive update is coming to the iPhone Gram app. It will not only support iOS 26, but we will also add many great features.
Update directly from the device
Open Settings, then General, then Software Update. You will see a new update, as shown in the following image. Unfortunately, you will find the “Upgrade to iOS 26” button. Click on it to update your device immediately.
If you want the update to be done while you are asleep because the update may take half an hour or more, choose Update Tonight.
Note: If your device is not yet upgraded to the latest version, you can immediately upgrade to iOS 26 and ignore existing upgrades.
FAQs:
After updating my device battery is dying quickly
- This is normal after any update, the system does several tasks in the background and makes some updates, this will last for a day or two, just make sure that your device is charged frequently because this process requires that the device be in the charger.
Will it wipe all my software and device contents if i update
- No, everything will remain the same.
Some features in iOS 26 are missing for me, such as artificial intelligence features.
- These features support iPhone 15 Pro and later.
I had a beta version of iOS 26?
- You can stop beta updates from phone settings, then general, then beta updates, but if you have the latest beta version, which is called RC, it is the version available to everyone today.
I can't upgrade I tried everything and the update still doesn't show up, or I'm waiting for an update
- Just wait a few hours, try shutting down and reopening the device, and make sure you have an internet connection.
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