Apple's Liquid Glass makeover and expanded Apple Intelligence tools arrive this fall, but not every phone can make the leap.

Apple has officially launched the Public Beta versions of iOS 26 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 for iPad. These public betas give everyday users early access to the latest features Apple is working on,

Hold Assist in iOS 26 is the very best kind of iPhone feature, in that it requires no intervention on your part to kick into action. Unlike call screening — another iOS 26 addition to the Phone app — you don't even have to turn on a setting. Hold Assist just works from the minute you install the update.

It looks like there is a new feature in iOS 26 that could have a negative impact on political fundraisers trying to spread their message.

Apple will be automatically sorting unknown texts into a new category in iOS 26, and that's causing problems for political groups that rely on donations via unsolicited texts.

Visual Intelligence is getting a new screenshot search feature in iOS 26, giving the iPhone it's own version of Google's Circle to Search.