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Three Days Until iOS 26 Launch: What Are You Most Looking Forward To?

iOS 26 is coming in just three days, and it brings a new Liquid Glass design with translucent UI elements, rounded menu bars, simplified navigation, pop out menus, and more.

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Liquid Glass has been contentious during the beta testing period. Some people don't feel like there's enough translucency, and others think Apple has gone too far, impacting readability. Where do you fall on the spectrum? Let us know in the comments below.

The new design is the big ‌iOS 26‌ talking point, but the update also has a bunch of new features, both big and small. Are you looking forward to screening your phone calls? Setting a custom snooze duration? Making Genmoji? Using Live Translation?

For a recap on all of the features that are coming next week, make sure to check out our iOS 26 roundup. We also have overviews of iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, both of which have some exciting new additions.

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tolkientosh Avatar
11 months ago
Providing tech support to my older family members.
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Plutonius Avatar
11 months ago
In my case, nothing.

I'm happy with iOS 18 and newer doesn't necessarily mean better.
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Thanasip Avatar
11 months ago
Getting off of iOS 12, finally upgrading from an iPhone 5s. Just don't care much about my phone but excited to see all new features I've missed out on over the decade + since this phone came out.
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HouseLannister Avatar
11 months ago
Looking forward to another year of iOS 18
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11 months ago
I'm most looking forward to 26.1
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11 months ago
Definitely looking forward to people complaining about battery drain and weaker cell reception 😉
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