As part of iOS 26's interface changes, your iPhone lock screen can take on a new look with spatial photos available as the background image for your phone and an adaptive time feature that adjusts the look of the on-screen clock to fit with the other visual elements. We go through all the iOS 26 lock screen changes.

And the iOS 26 public beta should be worth the wait too, as not only does it include a whole new ‘Liquid Glass’ design, but it’s also packed full of new and improved features – the biggest of which you’ll find below. Call Screening is a potentially very useful new feature that expands on what’s already possible with Live Voicemail.

FaceTime "Communication Safety" feature: A newer addition to iOS 26 appears to be the FaceTime "Communication Safety" feature that pauses communications if and when nudity is detected. The feature appears to be a child safety feature that uses on-device detection, thus obviating any cloud-based privacy issues.