Apple Releases OS 26 September 15, 2025

Apple has just released an enormous update for practically every device they’ve made within the past five years! OS 26 (named after 2026), is now being offered for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision Pro, and features the brand-new Liquid Glass interface first shown during this Summer’s WWDC event.

This is no small update, and depending on your device, could require several GB of free storage before it will begin the install. Just be aware, this update will not force the installation of the new Apple Intelligence models (on supported hardware), so if you have not enabled AI yet, you will need to do so manually, and then wait for the AI models to download while your device is charging while connected over Wi-Fi. It will however force the enabling of FileVault on supported Mac computers, so please make the decision to turn it off if you do not wish to use it.

The biggest improvements among the major releases, other than the new Liquid Glass design, seems to be coming to the Vision Pro with VisionOS 26. The new improvements to the Persona feature are night and day to the previous version, and the Vision Pro will ask you to rescan yourself after a completed update. We absolutely encourage you to do that rescan! They are also offering a whole bunch of new Virtual Backgrounds for Persona conversations either over FaceTime or third-party video conference programs like Microsoft Teams, which is another feature Persona badly needed.

iPad users will be happy to discover they can now have multiple application windows (they are able to resize) running at the same time on their iPad screen with iPadOS 26. iPad owners who use trackpad equipped keyboards will be able to take full advantage of the trackpad for window adjustment and realignment. This has the potential to turn the high-end iPad into a much more capable device, nearly on par with a MacBook.