Apple finally added my most-requested iPhone feature with iOS 26 (and you'll love it, too)

Last year, Apple announced a redesigned Photos app, touting it as "the biggest-ever redesign." Over the past year, we've seen users complaining about the redesign and wanting to go back to iOS 17's Photos app. Apple seems to have listened to all the feedback and fixed its Photos app with the new iOS 26 update.

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"Many of you missed using tabs in the Photos app," said Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, in his keynote at WWDC 2025. "Photos now features separate tabs for Library and for Collections," he added. With the new Photos app on iOS 26, Apple is keeping the best of both iOS 17 and iOS 18.

The Photos app redesign I've waited for is finally here

iOS 26's Photos app ...