Here are iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 hidden features that are worth checking out for iPhone and iPad users.
In case you have been living under a rock and don’t know yet, Apple today announced iOS 26 with all-new design language coming to iPhone this fall.
While Apple highlighted new features on the stage, there were a lot of hidden features that the company simply didn’t tell us anything about.
Here is a list of of all those features we have noticed that Apple haven’t documented but are there in iOS 26 (or even iPadOS 26) beta.
Ready? Here we go:
Hidden iOS 26 Features
- Preview app from Mac comes to iOS and iPadOS
- Unlock iPhone running iOS 26 with Vision Pro
- Relay calls from iPhone running iOS 26 to Vision Pro
- iPhone running iOS 26 now shows up as cutout in Vision Pro environment
- Estimated time to charge level on Lock Screen
- New design for picture-in-picture
- Smart Display Zoom for CarPlay
- New lock hue feature in system color picker
- Private browsing gets enabled while “Limit Adult Websites” is enabled
- New Music Haptics customization
- The dock in iPadOS 26 can now hold up to 23 items
- Charging estimated time left for battery
- iPadOS 26 lets you go directly to the app settings page from the menu bar
- Arabic and English unified keyboard
- Home Screen quick options: App management options are now in sub menu
- Screen recordings and screenshots can now be saved in HDR
- Step by step guides offered when calling AppleCare in Phone app
- Home Screen wallpaper now unblurred by default when setting a new wallpaper
- View full call history for Contacts in the Phone app
- New overflow menu in Phone call screen
- Send Photo Previews option for iMessage
- New Game Overlays
- New charging icon for AirPods
- You can now turn off CarPlay screenshots in Settings
- Safari gets a redesign
- Create playlist folders in Music
- Customizable Driving Sickness Mode
- New haptic feedback in Phone calls
- Name recognition and notification feature
- Stage Manager comes to older iPads in iPadOS 26
- Split View and Slide Over discontinued in iPadOS 26
- Files app now lets you view contents of a folder via a drop down icon
- Option for AutoMix or Crossfade in Apple Music
- Siri Suggestion no longer aligned to grid
- iTunes app not updated with new visuals
- CarPlay now has widgets, same as iPhone
- Option to save visited locations in Maps
- Apple Music new fade animation for covers on AutoMix
- New animation when selecting a tab on the new tab bar + ability to swipe between tabs
- Volume level control is available from the audio output picker
- New Apple Games app
- Liquid Glass UI animates when moving phone around
- You can now adjust the snooze time for alarms
- Message app filtering options
- The clock on the Lock Screen shrinks at the top when you select the album view for music
- Keyboard no longer shows character previews by default
- Updated Music layout
- New interface for screenshots
- New “Keep Audio in Headphones” option in AirPlay & Continuity
- Updated power usage screen
- Adaptive Power toggle
- New keyboard design
- You can now swipe to go back from anywhere on the screen, not just the edge
- “Late night mode” for Sounds & Haptics
- New Clock app icon style
- The Home bar is now hidden inside applications
If you have spotted something we haven’t yet, feel free to share with us in comments section below.
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