Apple presents “Liquid Glass” and changes the operating systems: the revolution on iPhone, iPad, Applewatch and Mac

Apple presented to Worldwide Developer Conference The new generation of operating systems is underway at the Apple Park in Cupertino, from iOS to Visionos, bringing together all the platforms below for the first time a common visual languagewhile maintaining some distinctions related to the strengths of the individual OS. By the way: the denomination passes for all to 26, referring to the calendar year following the launch year, thus abandoning the differentiated count for the various environments.

The common thread is Liquid Glassa translucent design that refracts the interface and adapts to the context, with the declared objective to put the contents in the foreground and reduce the elements of distraction, both in terms of colors and dimensions on the display. The result is a more coherent ecosystem, in which each device maintains its identity but is perceived as part of a unique set. According to many, a pre-regulation for further future developments both in terms of new devices and reorganization of ranges and products.

iOS 26, protagonist of Liquid Glass

iOS 26 It is the main showcase of this change. On iPhone the new design reaches the lock screen, where the clock slips behind the subject of the photo, and introduces icons and widgets that can become semitransparent to integrate with the background. Apple Intelligence takes a step forward with the Real -time translation integrated into the phone, messages and facetimewhile visual intelligence allows you to act directly on what appears on the screen, with direct research of the elements. Among the most practical innovations stand out a Evolved antispam filter for callsimprovements in Carplay (which also arrives in an ultra version with selected car manufacturers), music and Wallet and the new Apple Games app, designed to collect all the titles installed and those of Apple Arcade.

Liquid Glass

The Redesign is not limited to aesthetics But it almost gives the impression of having other hands devices: the navigation bars are shrink when the content is flowed, the controls are grouped dynamically and the developers can access the Liquid Glass bees to create interfaces that react in real time. The stated goal is to make the software felt more alive, without however upsetting the habit of long -standing users. As always in the apple world, innovate by reassuring historical users, remaining inside a family path that is perfected step by step, piece by piece, functionality after functionality.

iPados 26

iPados 26, an experience (almost) from Mac

iPados 26 is perhaps one of the unexpected protagonists of the WWDC 2025: it combines the new look with a Redested window management system. Now they can be reduced and arranged in mosaic with fluid gestures, quickly pass from one group to another with internships and exhibit all the windows open with the exposure view. Without forgetting the app menu. The file app earns advanced organization functions (you can also customize the folders, this on all OS) and make its preview debut, complete with annotations with Apple Pencil; For those who work with audio and video, background activities arrive and the control of the entrances.

MacOS 26 Tahoe

MacOS Tahoe 26, Rinasce Spotlight

MacOS TAHOE 26 Bring the same language to the Mac, making the menu bar transparent and giving more space to content. Spotlight, the internal search engine, He receives the biggest update ever and now performs actions such as sending emails or creating notes directly from the research field. The native telephone app also arrives, which replies on the desktop functions such as Call Screening and Hold Assist to filter calls and stay in the queue without being glued to the screen. On Macos, dedicated for this release to the lake on the border between California and Nevada, many iPhone apps can now be opened thanks to an increasingly tighter integration of Continuity.

Watchos 26

Watchos 26, with the Buddy Workout

Watchos 26 For Apple Watch adopts Liquid Glass in complications, notifications and smart collection, making the watch more readable at a glance. The novelty of substance is called instead Buddy workout: Thanks to Apple Intelligence’s On-Device models, the training app comments progress with personalized voice messages and contextual musical suggestions. A kind of wrist motivator.

All these platforms share an evolution of Apple Intelligence, which it now offers basic models accessible to developersmore flexible genmoji functions and an extended language set. The processing remains on the device whenever possible, preserving privacy, or leans on the partnership with Openii for chatgpt, but the new bees promise deeper additions also in third -party apps.

Uniformity and consistency to the ecosystems of the apple

Overall, the 2025 updates – which are already available for those who have the Developer versions but will arrive for everyone in September with the new iPhones, Watch and other devices – do not aim to introduce isolated functions as well as a give uniformity and consistency to daily experiencewith a lighter aesthetic and increasingly widespread but less intrusive artificial intelligence tools. The impression is that Apple is creating the foundations for future novelty, while consolidating existing habits and workflows.