- Apple iOS 26 update has introduced a new liquid glass design
- There are also a lot of small changes in the upgrade of the software
- Here are five of the smallest iOS 26 changes most useful
If you looked at the Apple WWDC 2025 event earlier this week, the redesign of liquid glass is probably the thing that has jumped the most. But despite the understandable antenna time he has obtained, he is far from being the most important change in Apple’s iPhone operating system.
The iOS 26 update is full of useful settings and changes that make much more than visual overhaul. We have covered the big ones of our Roundup iOS 26, but with the beta version of the developer now in the wild, smaller quality of life have emerged.
Here, we have gathered five of these smaller and not announced characteristics that we think that we will affect you much more than the redesign of the liquid glass of the apple …
1. Banish spam vocal mandates
Spam is the scourge of any phone user, and sometimes it seems that there are very few things you can do about it. But Apple hopes to change this in iOS 26, because it gives you the possibility of reporting the spam voice messages from your iPhone.
The functionality is simple to use. If you get a voicemail left by an unknown number, just draw on the message and you will see a “report spam” button. Choose this and it is sent to Apple (likely to help improve its detection, although Apple has not yet confirmed it).
You can then report the voicemail in the form of a spam and keep it on your device, or report it and delete it forever. Combined with the iOS 26 calls for screening, this will help you help manage a little more easily with unwanted calls and messages.
2. Improved boarding passage
Apple’s Wallet application was able to store boarding leaves for a while, and it is a useful way to quickly present your travel information at an airport without having to print anything on paper. In iOS 26, however, boarding passes have become much more capable.
With the update, virtual boarding passes can now give you instructions to your terminal and help you find your luggage if they have been associated with an aerat or another tracker.
Boarding leaves now also offer live activities, and this flight progress, the arrival number, information on luggage complaint and much more.
3. Custom of your rehearsal timers
Sometimes you just need a little extra sleep in the morning. If your iPhone alarm is triggered, you have been able to repeat it in iOS for a long time, but this function has always given you exactly nine more minutes to doze – nothing more, nothing less.
In iOS 26, you can customize the rehearsal time for your needs, with options ranging from one to 15 minutes. This should give you a lot of flexibility to get a little additional kip according to your own conditions.
4. Apple Intelligence in shortcuts
Shortcut is already one of the most intelligent applications of your iPhone, and he just had another boost in iOS 26 thanks to a deep integration with Apple Intelligence, the Apple artificial intelligence platform (AI).
You can now integrate AI directly into your workflows, with options such as comparison of two entry documents, generation of an image or the use of visual intelligence.
There is an option to press the treatment on Apple devices, use the company’s private cloud calculation or put back to chatgpt. And there is a bunch of pre-fabricated shortcuts which also have some of Apple Intelligence’s capacities.
5. Apple Music Lock Lock screen animations
When you play music from the Apple Music application on your iPhone, iOS 26 will present a new visual treat on your locking screen. By default, you will see the art of the track album, but if it has an animated version, a quick tap will start animation on your screen.
This effect requires that the album or the single has animated coverage in the first place, and not all the tracks are delivered with this functionality. You will also have to do it in Apple Music, because it does not work with Spotify. However, it’s a bit of visual flair to accompany your favorite music.
