Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2025: iOS 26, Apple Intelligence, macOS Tahoe & More

Alright, settle in because WWDC 2025 wasn’t just a polite annual software refresh. It was an AI-packed, Liquid Glass-drenched software spectacle that quietly told everyone else in tech to sit down. If you thought iOS 26 was just a new wallpaper and some emoji, think again

After a decade, Apple has given iOS a fresh identity: Liquid Glass. It’s like visionOS, but on your phone. Every icon, widget, and menu floats in translucent, glass-like bubbles. The background moves as you tilt your phone, and yes, it actually looks good.

Highlights:

• Customizable lock screen widgets adapt to your photos
• AI-powered 3D wallpapers created from your snapshots
• Now Playing screen morphs album art into animated glass panels

More importantly, apps got smarter. The Camera app finally makes sense with swipable modes and 4K toggles. Safari went futuristic with floating tabs and AI-generated summaries. The Photos app reclaims its dignity with Library and Collections tabs (why did they ever remove that?).

Forget gimmicks. Apple Intelligence is baked into everything and it’s all done on-device. No sending your private convos to some mystery server.

it’ll:

• Summarize emails, messages, and web pages
• Suggest smart replies without sounding like a robot
• Clean up your photos, removing photobombers like they never existed
• Identify stuff in images or screenshots, translate text, or find you a link to buy it

And yes, real-time Live Translation in calls, FaceTime, and Messages. Fully offline, covering English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and more.

Even better? An Image Playground powered by OpenAI lets you create Genmoji, posters, and AI art. But only if you give it permission no sneaky data hoarding.

The Mac finally gets the Liquid Glass glow-up. Folders now hover like sleek glass panes, menu bars gently float over your desktop, and Spotlight finally behaves like it graduated top of its class, pulling up not just files but recent web searches, documents, and even connected devices like it actually knows you.

Bonus bits worth bragging about:

• Live Activities now show up in your Mac’s menu bar. Think delivery tracking, reminders, timers right where your eyes already are.
• Apple Intelligence baked into Mail, Notes, and Safari, offering on-device AI summaries without sending your business to the cloud.
• Heads up though: this is officially the last macOS update for Intel Macs. If you’re still clinging to that 2019 model, your days of OS updates are numbered.

iPadOS 26 isn’t pretending to be a laptop anymore it’s leaning into what makes it great and finally closing the usability gap with windowed apps, a new Exposé-style multitasking view, and a proper top-level menu bar. Apps can now be resized, stacked, or tiled as you like. The entire UI drips with that Liquid Glass aesthetic, putting it in perfect sync with iOS and macOS.

This year’s iPadOS isn’t about making it more Mac-like; it’s about making it more capable, more intuitive, and finally worth using as your main machine if you’ve been on the fence. It’s the most grown-up iPad software Apple’s shipped yet.

visionOS 26 makes Vision Pro less of an expensive novelty and more of a tool.

Key Upgrades:

• Spatial widgets floating in your room
• Shared movie and gaming sessions with other users
• Official Sony VR2 controller support
• Enterprise-ready document security and a 3D sketching pen from Logitech

Workout Buddy is your AI coach, adjusting your pace and blasting hype music. The Smart Stack finally got context-aware muting alerts in loud spots or suggesting BackTrack when you wander off-grid.

New:

• Live Translation for voice messages
• Liquid Glass UI on your Watch face

• Suppress vocals in Apple Music and use your iPhone as a mic
• Live translated lyrics with pronunciation hints
• Liquid Glass everywhere

Let’s not pretend these updates didn’t deserve their own moment, because Apple actually did the thing and made these everyday tools smarter, slicker, and a little more fun.

Apple Music: Remember when your playlists were just a static list? Now, AutoMix works like an AI DJ, blending your songs based on tempo and mood without you lifting a finger. Got that random French drill track mid-chill playlist? AutoMix sorts that out. Plus, lyrics translation now shows real-time phonetic pronunciations, which means no more mumbling through your favorite Spanish jam. And for those of us with way too many playlists, you can finally pin your favorite albums or playlists so they stay at the top. About time.

Maps: Big privacy win here. Visited Places logs your locations complete with photo pins, but it’s encrypted and opt-in. Also, Commute Learning watches your daily routes and notifies you about delays or detours before you’re stuck in a jam. Honestly, it’s the Maps feature we should’ve had three years ago.

Wallet: Digital IDs have been a long time coming, but now U.S. passports get the digital treatment, usable at TSA checkpoints and apps that require verified identity. Also, live baggage tracking connects your boarding pass with terminal maps and lets you follow your luggage through airports. Fewer panic attacks at baggage claim

CarPlay Ultra: This is wild it turns your iPhone into a command center for your car. Adjust your AC, move your seats, change media, and manage car systems directly from your phone interface. It’s not fully self-driving yet, but it feels dangerously close.

A unified library for all your games, with a Play Together tab showing what your friends are playing. Full Game Center integration with leaderboards and achievements.

• Foundation Models API: On-device AI for your apps
• Image Playground API: Let users create AI art and Genmoji inside your app
• Live Translation API: Real-time translation for your messaging platform

This wasn’t a gentle update. Apple blew the doors off and finally tied their ecosystem together with AI and a unified design. Everything runs locally, looks futuristic, and actually feels connected. Even the Watch and TV got real upgrades.

Betas start this month. Public releases hit in September. And the hardware event? It’s going to be ridiculous.