However, like every major Apple software release, iOS 26 also comes with a number of minor new improvements and upgrades, both documented and undocumented. We've gone through Apple's docs and took the iOS 26 dev beta for a spin, and we're back with a list of not-so-obvious iOS 26 features you're gonna love.

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,

Developers can try out the iOS 26 features starting today through the Apple Developer Program. Public betas of the new operating systems will be available in July. Apple will make iOS 26 and the other new operating systems available this fall, likely soon after its annual iPhone event, which typically takes place in September.

The glassy look of iOS 26 is just one feature coming to your iPhone later this year. Here are the biggest changes.