5 unsung iOS 26 features that look way more useful than Liquid Glass

• Apple’s iOS 26 update introduced a new Liquid Glass design
• There are also lots of little changes to be found in the software upgrade
• Here are five of the most useful smaller iOS 26 changes

If you watched Apple’s WWDC 2025 event earlier this week, the Liquid Glass redesign is probably the thing that leapt out the most to you. But despite the understandable airtime it got, it’s far from the most significant change to Apple’s iPhone operating system.

The iOS 26 update is packed with useful tweaks and changes that do far more than a visual overhaul ever could. We've covered the big ones in our iOS 26 roundup, but with the developer beta now out in the wild, some smaller quality-of-life changes have emerged.

Here, we’ve gathered five of those smaller, unheralded features that we think we will impact ...