iOS 26

iOS 26
iOS 26
	iOS 26 home screen on an iPhone 15
Developer	Apple
Written in	C; C++; Objective-C; Swift; assembly language;
Source model	Closed with open-source components
General; availability	September 15, 2025
Latest release	26.3.1 (March 4, 2026) [±]
Latest preview	26.4 beta 4 (23E5223f) (March 9, 2026) [±]
Available in	55 languages
	List of languages Arabic; Bangla; Bulgarian; Catalan; Chinese, Simplified; Chinese, Traditional (Hong Kong); Chinese, Traditional (Taiwan); Croatian; Czech; Danish; Dutch; English (Australia); English (India); English (United Kingdom); English (United States); Finnish; French (Canada); French (France); German; Greek; Gujarati; Hebrew; Hindi; Hungarian; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Kannada; Kazakh; Korean; Lithuanian; Malay; Malayalam; Marathi; Norwegian; Odia; Polish; Portuguese (Brazil); Portuguese (Portugal); Punjabi; Romanian; Russian; Slovak; Slovenian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Spain); Spanish (United States); Swedish; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Urdu; Vietnamese;
Supported platforms	iPhone
Preceded by	iOS 18
Official website	apple.com/os/ios
Tagline	New look. Even more magic.
Support status
	Supported. Drops support for all iPhones with an A12 Bionic SoC, including the iPhone XS/XS Max and iPhone XR.
Articles in the series
	iPadOS 26; macOS Tahoe; visionOS 26; tvOS 26; watchOS 26

iOS 26 is the nineteenth major release of Apple's iOS operating system for the iPhone. It was announced on June 9, 2025, at the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 9, 2025, and released on September 15, 2025. The successor to iOS 18, its version number was brought forward to 26 as Apple adopted a year-based convention for consistency across its operating systems.

iOS 26 introduces the Liquid Glass design language that is shared across all other Apple platforms, marking the first major redesign of the user interface since iOS 7. The Wallet app introduces an enhanced boarding pass with the ability to track and share flight status using Live Activities. New Apple Intelligence AI features include additional ChatGPT integration in Visual Intelligence, now usable when taking screenshots, and the ability for third-party apps to integrate the Apple Intelligence framework.

This release was widely received with mixed critical and user reception, with reviewers and users criticizing its controversial Liquid Glass interface, performance issues, slow adoption rates, and widespread complaints about battery life and usability.