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WWDC 2025 Recap: Liquid Glass, Version 26, and Platform-Wide Upgrades
Why Keynote Summaries Matter
WWDC 2025 delivered hours of demo-heavy content. For developers, designers, and product teams, that’s a goldmine—and an overload. Long videos demand time you don’t have. That’s exactly why we rely on BibiGPT, our AI media assistant, to produce timestamped outlines, mind maps, and follow-up prompts within minutes.
If you want to understand the value of summarising YouTube streams, revisit Solve Information Overload: Why Summarise YouTube Videos with BibiGPT.
Liquid Glass: Apple’s New Design Language
Apple introduced Liquid Glass, a system-wide refresh inspired by optical glass and fluid motion. Buttons and panels now respond to context, bending light with dynamic highlights. Controls align perfectly with hardware radii, emphasising the harmony between devices and software.
Beyond aesthetics, Liquid Glass frees up canvas space by rethinking control group layouts, making experiences feel lighter and more tactile.
Unified Version Numbers: Welcome to 26
Starting this fall, Apple will align all major platforms—iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, visionOS, and tvOS—under the version 26 banner. The move simplifies cross-platform development and signals a more coherent ecosystem as we head into 2026.
iOS 26 Highlights
- Icon refresh – Liquid Glass styling brings depth and adaptability, including a transparent treatment for dark mode.
- Adaptive widgets – Widgets respond to Live Activities and contextual hints.
- Intelligent Communication – Mail triages priority messages, Messages offers proactive summaries, and Phone integrates transcription for voicemail.
- Enhanced Journal & Health – Deeper metrics, mood tracking, and shared health dashboards.
CarPlay also gets smarter: a compact incoming call UI frees up maps, Live Activities show weather and flight tracking, and new widgets surface the info you need without leaving the dashboard.
Messages picks up animated backgrounds, Image Playground themes, built-in polls, and richer live translation—features that echo the bilingual workflows we champion with BibiGPT.
watchOS 26 + macOS 26: Seamless Productivity
- watchOS 26 gains a redesigned Smart Stack, deeper health insights, and Liquid Glass complications.
- macOS 26 (codenamed Granite) introduces a Control Centre revamp, spatial audio previews for FaceTime, and a unified password manager.
iPadOS, visionOS, tvOS: New Interaction Modes
- iPadOS 26 adds multi-window Stage Manager layouts, advanced PencilKit gestures, and system-wide Reference Mode.
- visionOS 26 focuses on shared Presence environments, floating widgets, and Mac display mirroring upgrades.
- tvOS 26 revamps playback controls with refractive overlays and a curated cinematic browsing experience.
Release Timeline
Developer betas are available now. Public betas land in July, with the stable release rolling out this fall.
BibiGPT: Your WWDC Study Partner
WWDC sessions are rich but dense. BibiGPT helps you capture what matters:
- One-click summarisation – Feed official streams, community recaps, or downloaded recordings and receive structured highlights with timestamps, mind maps, and article rewrites.
- Visual intelligence – Automatically extract frames and UI references so you can “see” Liquid Glass without replaying the keynote.
- Bilingual subtitles – Watch in English, read in Chinese, or vice versa with karaoke-style highlighting.
- Interactive Q&A – Ask follow-up questions like “What’s new in CarPlay Ultra?” and get answers grounded in the video transcript.
- Knowledge export – Sync notes straight to Notion, Obsidian, Readwise, Feishu, and more for long-term retention.
Want a broader toolkit tour? See Top 5 AI Audio/Video Summary Apps in 2024.
Don’t let multi-hour keynotes become unfinished to-do items. Let BibiGPT digest WWDC 2025 for you so you can ship faster, design smarter, and stay ahead.