For a few days, iOS 26 is now available for all compatible iPhone and arrives loaded with news. I’ve been using iOS 26 since yesterday And I’m going to tell you the seven most important functions you can configure As soon as you install it.
Change the design of the icons
From iOS 7 we did not see such a radical change in the design of the iPhone interface. Liquid Glass completely changes the entire systembut also introduces new designs for all the icons and widgets of the home screen. To be able to change it, simply click on an empty display area until the icons begin to “shake”, then click on ‘edit’ in the upper right corner and finally in ‘customize’.
The four icon styles that we can use: by omission, dark, translucent and tired
Apple offers us four options. We have the omission mode that are the colorful icons of a lifetime and the dark mode that puts them black background. The novelty is the translucent mode and the tinting modein which we can choose which tone they will have.
I personally prefer the omission mode and it is the one I am using. The new ways make all apps of the same tones and cost them more to locate them, but as the saying goes “for tastes: colors.”
Customize the lock screen
The new elongated clock is the identity of iOS 26
The lock screen also becomes more customizable with iOS 26. To edit it you can do it directly by holding on the lock screen and then clicking on ‘Customize’.
The highlight is that We can stretch the clock to occupy more screen. Of course, it can only be done with the first typography, the other three cannot be stretched. You can choose how long you want it to be and the thickness of typography. Notifications will adapt so that they do not cover the time.
You can also use Space photos on the lock screenas long as the photo allows it (it works great with photos of people and pets). Within the customization of the lock screen you will see that a hexagonal shape appears. Pulse it and you will see how the subject “separates” from the bottom, causing the iPhone to move as if it were in 3D.
Customize the new app photos
iOS 18 brought a new photos with photos with A very risky designand who says risky says very uncomfortable. The app was less intuitive and cost a lot to get used to its interface. It seems that Apple has heard The complaints and With iOS 26 they bring us a much better organized app.
The APP photos makes sense again.
The new APP photos has two tabs, the photo library where all the photos in chronological order and collections are. This second tab has different sections such as albums, set collections, outstanding photos or memories. The best thing is that, if you go down to the end, You will see the option ‘Reordenar’ with which you can choose what you want it to appear above.
For now, Apple does not let any of these sections hide, but if you click on the arrow You can fold them so that there is not so much visual noise. It ended up having to navigate between travel memories, outstanding photos and other suggestions to find the album you were looking for.
Try the visual search
When you make a screenshot you can do a visual search and talk to Chatgpt.
Among the functions of Apple Intelligence that arrive with iOS 26, the most prominent is the visual search. To access it only You have to make a screenshot and select the visual search icon down to the right or, if you prefer, make a circle about what you want to look for, very much in the style of ‘Roda to search’ from Google.
A page will open with results similar to what you have sought, for example in the case of the example of the images, I asked him to look for the mobile that appeared in the article and offered me many Wallapop results to buy the Xiaomi 15 ultra. You can also ask Chatgptwhich will respond taking into account the context of what appears on the screen.
Make Siri answer calls for you
If you activate the call filter, Siri will answer for you.
The call filter is one of the great novelties of iOS 26 and promises to end the calls of unknown numbers. It is activated from adjustments – telephone and allows you to choose between the calls of unknown numbers so that it is Siri who responds. What he does is ask the interlocutor the reason for the call and It shows you a transcription of what has respondedso you choose whether to answer or not. There is also a more drastic option, which is that the iPhone will not sound when it calls us an unknown number.
Apple’s solution is quite radical And you should keep in mind that you may lose some important call, for example of the doctor. I have not activated it for this reason, but They are fried with spam calls You may want to give you a chance.
Use real -time translation
It is another of the novelties that arrive with the new update. You can use it to translate a real -time conversation from the app translate. Simply select the languages of the interlocutors and start talking by clicking on the microphone. The app will automatically translate what we say In text and we can also reproduce it.
In addition, translation It can also be used in the messages app. If someone writes you a message in another language, click on it and select ‘Translate conversation’ to translate all messages automatically.
Activate adaptive battery mode
Finally a novelty that affects battery consumption. In addition to the low consumption mode that we already had, iOS 26 premieres an adaptive mode that You are making settings in performance or screen brightness automatically and depending on the use we make of the device.
Taking into account that even Apple has recognized that, at first, The battery life can be affected after installing iOS 26it is more than advisable to do so.
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