WWDC 2025: iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass redesign
Apple renamed its software by year and introduced a translucent look across the iPhone and Mac in June 2025.
Kivorent News desk, published , 1 min read
iOS 26the name that replaced iOS 19
This is a look back at an event from . We wrote it on November 11, 2026, from the sources listed at the end.
Apple opened its developer conference on June 9, 2025, by unveiling iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26. Both were built around a translucent design Apple called Liquid Glass, and both expanded the Apple Intelligence features introduced the year before.
The numbers were new too. Apple moved every operating system to a shared version number tied to the year ahead, so iOS jumped from 18 to 26.
How it reads now
Liquid Glass divided opinion enough that iOS 27, announced a year later, added controls to tone it down. The 2025 keynote is also remembered for what it lacked: the more capable Siri that Apple had promised did not arrive until 2026.
Sources
- Top stories: WWDC 2025 recap with iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and more, MacRumors, June 14, 2025
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