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iOS 26 lets you change the background in Messages — here's how to do it

Apple has slowly been ramping up the number of ways you can personalize the look of your iPhone, and in iOS 26 that customization treatment makes its way into the Messages app. Once you download the ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.2 adds new way for your iPhone to make notifications pop

iOS 26.2 is a big update for new features. Highlights include Reminders’ ’Urgent’ alarms, AI-generated chapters in Podcasts, Apple News design changes, and offline lyrics in Apple Music. If you dig ...
MacRumors

iOS 26 Brings Major Improvements to Image Playground

Image Playground is Apple's image generation app that launched last year. Most people may not have a lot of use for the cartoonish images that it produces in iOS 18, but you're going to want to take ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26 brought back a controversial AI feature, here’s what’s new

iOS 26 packs a surprisingly long list of Apple Intelligence upgrades, including the return of the most controversial AI feature Apple ever shipped: notification summaries for News and Entertainment ...
Engadget

How to make your lock screen background holographic in iOS 26

Apple continues to refine the look and feel of the iPhone with each major iOS release, and iOS 26 places more emphasis than ever on personalization. The one big change is the introduction of Spatial ...