By: Nick Gambino
As expected, Apple brought the heat at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), held earlier this week. From design overhauls to further integration of Apple Intelligence, they covered it all at WWDC 2025.
The biggest reveal by far was the introduction of a new design language across all of their devices that they’ve dubbed “Liquid Glass.” This is their biggest redesign since iOS 7 launched back in 2013 where we first got that flat icon look that’s become the norm.
As the name suggests, the new design scheme is slick and modern. Liquid Glass will bring a dynamic change to widgets, icons, notifications, etc. in every Apple smart product. This means, for the first time, the design will look the same on an iPhone, iPad, iMac and even the Vision Pro. In fact, Apple’s mixed reality headset is the inspiration behind the translucent and animated design of Liquid Glass.
As part of this unification project Apple has renamed all of their OSes to correspond with the year that directly follows their release (similar to a car model year). This would be the first time Apple has used a year to denote an OS rather than a sequential number. The new names are as follows:
- iOS 26
- iPadOS 26
- macOS 26
- watchOS 26
- visionOS 26
- tvOS 26
Visual Intelligence is taking its next step by allowing users to identify objects and other markers in photos on their iPhone. Visual Intelligence already helped you identify something through your camera lens, but it will now allow you to glean that same information from a photo already stored on your phone.
Call Screening is a welcome addition to both the Phone and Messages apps. This new feature allows you to vet the caller or texter before the call or message is sent through to your iPhone. Yes, we’ve already had Live Voicemail that allows you to read a running transcript of the voicemail being left by a caller so you can then decide to pick up or not.
This new Call Screening feature is a beefed up version of Live Voicemail that gathers the information from an unknown caller’s voicemail or text and presents it to you before it ever arrives on your device. You will receive a notification that reads “iPhone is asking the caller for their name and why they are calling.” There’s a similar system in place for text messages. Call Screening is the ultimate bouncer.
You can read about all the new features announced at WWDC 2025 here.
