Apple WWDC 2025 Key Highlights: All that Apple announced -- iOS 26, Liquid Glass design and more

Apple CEO Tim Cook back on stage. Thanks everyone and reminds on Developer Beta and Public Beta timelines. And Thank You all our readers for staying with us for this one of the Biggest Design update to Apple OSes.

iPadOS 26 introduces an enhanced multitasking mode for easier window resizing, support for partially offscreen windows, a redesigned cursor, stoplight window controls, new gestures, and an Expose feature to view all open windows. It also includes a new Menu Bar. The Files app is upgraded with default settings, resizable columns, folder pinning to the Dock, and a revamped Preview app for editing and viewing PDFs.

Almost all of the features coming to iOS26 are here and some more.

Apple didn't forget update to visionOS and it seems to be an "expansive" update. Federighi calls Mike Rockwell on stage to talk about visionOS. And no guesses here, it is called visionOS26. There's a new clock widget, Weather, Music and Photos. Apple said: Spatial content in visionOS 26 will enable more ways to "produce great new content." Developers can create new widgetkit.

This year, Mac users time to welcome macOS Tahoe. No surprises here, we are getting lots of features from iOS. This includes changes to Messages, live translation, and yes the new design. As with iOS, users can now add third-party controls to Control Center. Folders are getting increased customization, with emoji labels on them or different colors. Users can have shortcuts run automatically, like when you connect a laptop to a monitor or save a new file. Apple Intelligence can also be used in shortcuts. Spotlight search too is getting a big update.

Apple gives a quick preview of upcoming Apple TV+ shows and films, including Chief of War, Foundation season 3, Slow Horses season 5, Loot season 3 and more. And yes, sadly no update on Ted Lasso.

Liquid Glass redesign is coming to tvOS26 too. Control center and playback controls are naturally comprised of Liquid Glass elements. Apple TV is also getting more profile options. This means that when users now turn on their Apple TV, it will ask them which profile they want to use. Apple Music is coming to tvOS.

Apple shows examples of Workout Buddy. They show Workout Buddy vocally celebrating your accomplishments like "You just crushed your 100th mile for running workouts this year", and more. Apple says watchOS 26 can study the ambient noise in your environment and learn when to silence notifications. Andyes wrist flick gesture support too is coming to the device to allow you to dismiss alarms and alerts. There's also more third-party integrations are coming to watchOS 26 too, like Dark Noise getting a button within control center.

No surprise here, it features the new Liquid Glass design language. The Liquid Glass interface is across the control center, in-app navigation and watch faces. Starting with Workout Buddy, there's a new fitness feature to motivate users based on their fitness history.

It's time for gaming on iPhone. There's a new software destination for gaming on Apple devices, and it's simply called the Games app. This will show users details and recommendations based on games they are playing, plus a tab for Apple Arcade.

CarPlay gets a HUGE update. Tim Cook did hint at CarPlay update when the keynote started with an F1 shoutout. The design elements have been updated, This means things like calls that come through don't cover as much of the display. There are also new widgets in CarPlay, and Live Activities. All these updates are coming to CarPlay Ultra, which is Apple's next-gen CarPlay experience.

Craig confirms that this year’s version numbers are unified. This means they will be called iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26.

Craig Federighi is talking about Apple's platforms, Apple Intelligence and what the developer community does with it.