Customizing your phone doesn't require downloading new apps. There are plenty of built-in settings that let you tweak your experience.

If you’ve installed the iOS 26 beta on your iPhone or iPadOS 26 beta onto iPad, and found it a little too buggy, unstable, or you’re simply not interested in iOS 26 any longer, you’re

You can also use a preset Color, Sky, Water, or Aurora background. If your iPhone is compatible with Apple Intelligence, you can also select a Playground -generated background. Keep in mind that whatever you select will also be visible to the other person. Select None to reset the background.

End-to-end encryption might finally be coming to RCS messaging between iPhone and Android devices, based on code in the iOS 26 beta.

Apple unveiled iOS 26 at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, and apart from the translucent new "Liquid Glass" redesign along

While Apple is set to release iOS 26 this fall, the tech giant released an important iPhone security update in July. Apple released iOS 18.6 on July 29 and while the update doesn't change much on your device, it's filled with about two dozen bug and security fixes. One patch in particular is for a flaw that could be actively exploited.

Developer Craig Hockenberry says Apple's guidelines for the polarizing Liquid Glass design language could hint at a possible iPhone Fold or an all-glass iPhone.

Apple's divisive new Liquid Glass design language in iOS 26 could be hinting at a major hardware redesign coming to future iPhones,