iOS 26, iPhone and Public Beta
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At WWDC, Apple officially unveiled iOS 26, marking the most significant iPhone interface redesign since iOS 7 with its new Liquid Glass aesthetic and overhauled native apps for a more unified user experience.
Apple’s latest iOS 26 beta brings back popular visual effects and expands AI features, as the company fine-tunes its next major software update ahead of the iPhone 17 launch.
Apple launches iOS 26 beta 4 for developers with updates to Liquid Glass and AI notification summaries. A public beta is expected later this week.
The fourth developer beta of iOS 26 introduces 12 new CarPlay wallpapers. The new CarPlay wallpapers are based on the official iOS 26 wallpaper
FaceTime "Communication Safety" feature: A newer addition to iOS 26 appears to be the FaceTime "Communication Safety" feature that pauses communications if and when nudity is detected. The feature appears to be a child safety feature that uses on-device detection, thus obviating any cloud-based privacy issues.
Apart from the selection tool, other interesting iOS 26 updates for the Messages app include Polls, Live Translation with Apple Intelligence, typing indicators for group chats, updated message filters, and natural language search.