The New iPhone Update Handles Calls for You and 30 Other Features

Written by Bruno Teles

Published on 06/07/2025 at 22:03

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With a Totally New Interface, the New iPhone Update, iOS 26, Brings Dozens of New Features in Customization, Camera, and Artificial Intelligence, but Some of the Coolest Features Are Still Not Available.

The new iPhone update, iOS 26, is now among us in its first beta version and brings one of the biggest visual and functional revolutions to Apple’s system in recent years. With a redesigned interface, new camera features, and the promise of more integrated artificial intelligence, the system promises to change the way users interact with their devices.

According to the first impressions from YouTuber Mateus Kist, who is already testing the system, the main novelty is the “Liquid Glass” interface, which brings a transparency effect to the entire system. Below, we list the main features already available and those that are yet to come in this highly anticipated new iPhone update.

The New “Liquid Glass” Interface: The Biggest Visual Change

The first thing that catches the eye in iOS 26 is its new look. Apple introduced a new design language called “Liquid Glass”, which applies a translucent glass effect to icons, menus, and especially the Control Center.

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New Features in the Camera and Lock Screen

The New iPhone Update Answers Calls for You and Other 30 New Features

The Camera app has been completely redesigned, with a cleaner and more organized interface. One of the most interesting new features is a system that notifies the user when the camera lens is dirty, displaying the message “Clean the Camera.”

The lock screen has also gained more customization options. It is now possible to stretch the clock and create “spatial scenes” in any photo, applying a 3D effect to the elements of the image.

Battery and Smarter Alarms

The battery menu in Settings has been revamped and now shows real-time information. The big novelty is the “adaptive power” mode, which makes hardware adjustments to increase the overall battery life of the iPhone.

Another small but useful novelty is in the alarm. Now, when creating an alarm, the user can set the snooze duration from 1 to 15 minutes.

Improvements in Messages, CarPlay, and AirPods

Messages: The messaging app has gained the ability for partial text selection and a typing indicator in group chats.

CarPlay: The CarPlay home screen now features new and customizable widgets and support for “live activities,” such as the status of an iFood delivery.

AirPods: Apple’s headphones have become smarter. They can now detect when the user falls asleep and automatically pause the music. Additionally, it is possible to select in settings which microphone to use during a call (the earbud, the car, or the iPhone itself).

The Future with Apple Intelligence: What Is Still to Come

Many of the most awaited features of this new iPhone update are part of Apple’s artificial intelligence package, Apple Intelligence. However, most of them are still not available in the first beta version.

Among the promised new features are:

AI-Powered Emoji Creation.
AI-Driven Image Generation.
Automatic Notification Summaries.
A feature that allows the iPhone to wait on a telemarketing call for you and notify when a human agent is available.

The expectation is that these and other features will be gradually released in the upcoming beta versions, leading up to the official launch of iOS 26, scheduled for September.

The New iPhone Update Handles Calls for You and 30 Other Features

With a Totally New Interface, the New iPhone Update, iOS 26, Brings Dozens of New Features in Customization, Camera, and Artificial Intelligence, but Some of the Coolest Features Are Still Not Available.

The New “Liquid Glass” Interface: The Biggest Visual Change

New Features in the Camera and Lock Screen

Battery and Smarter Alarms

Improvements in Messages, CarPlay, and AirPods

The Future with Apple Intelligence: What Is Still to Come

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The New iPhone Update Handles Calls for You and 30 Other Features

With a Totally New Interface, the New iPhone Update, iOS 26, Brings Dozens of New Features in Customization, Camera, and Artificial Intelligence, but Some of the Coolest Features Are Still Not Available.

The New “Liquid Glass” Interface: The Biggest Visual Change

New Features in the Camera and Lock Screen

Battery and Smarter Alarms

Improvements in Messages, CarPlay, and AirPods

The Future with Apple Intelligence: What Is Still to Come

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Elon Musk’s internet comes to mobile: Starlink technology connects smartphones without an antenna via satellite, works even without carrier signal, already costs just US$10 extra in the US, and could arrive in Brazil as an included benefit.

A Chinese factory in Guangdong is assembling a humanoid robot every 30 minutes while Tesla, Figure, and Boston Dynamics still struggle to deliver 10 thousand per year.

While Brazil has been discussing bullet trains for 16 years, China delivers 5 new high-speed lines in 2026, surpasses 50,000 km of HSR, and moves 1 billion passengers in a single year.

With a wingspan of 152 meters, 76 tires, and a capacity to carry 1,270 tons, the Boeing Pelican was the giant “flying ship” that promised to cross oceans close to the water on an invisible air cushion beneath its wings.

While countries spend billions to draw water from the sea, a Nobel-winning scientist creates a container-sized machine that extracts up to 1,000 liters per day from dry air and uses ultrasound to release water in minutes, even in the middle of the desert.

Belgium will sink 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing 22,000 tons, in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island 45 km off the coast, forming offshore electrical walls.

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