controversies surrounding its key attribute, the Liquid Glass design, but by the time Apple rolled out the Release Candidate version after its autumn press event, everything appeared to be aligning perfectly.
Unlike prior years, Apple is not merely enhancing certain elements of the software, but overhauling the entire iOS experience. Naturally, it will still feel very much like home for users, but Apple is marking the advancement of its software by making a leap from iOS 18 to iOS 26 — both to establish a greater sense of uniformity across all its software and to indicate that substantial changes are on the horizon.
In our review of iOS 26, we delve into the positives, negatives, and the grey areas of Apple’s latest iPhone software update based on three months of beta evaluations, and how the Release Candidate version has performed ahead of the official update launch.
