Ever since downloading an early developer beta preview of iOS 26, my iPhone has more bounce, warble and bloop about it. The design changes coming to Apple gadgets have been a hot topic on social media. The new operating systems are adopting an interface style called Liquid Glass, revealed this week at the Worldwide Developers Conference, which transforms menus, apps and buttons into something of translucent jelly… with spunk.

But if you can see past the clear icons, there are other updates coming to iOS 26 that matter more to our day-to-day lives. Taking a screenshot of a party invite can instantly put it in your calendar. Maps can suggest route changes without you asking for driving directions. And robots can intercept phone calls — or jump into the conversation as a live language translator. 

In this week’s episode of One More Thing, which you can watch in the video embedded above, I take an early poke at some of these new features and share questions I have about how it will perform when released to the public. Apple is still months away from finalizing the software, but perhaps I’m most curious about how folks will embrace the assistive tools (and if they will be accurate).

Or maybe we’ll just be too distracted by clear bouncy buttons to notice.

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