{"id":598012,"date":"2025-06-09T19:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=598012"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T18:00:37","slug":"user-interface-changes-announced-for-all-apple-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/598012-user-interface-changes-announced-for-all-apple-products.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple announces Liquid Glass \u2014\u00a0user interface change for all products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple unveiled a new operating system interface called Liquid Glass at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, calling it the company\u2019s broadest design update ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also announced that it was harmonising the numbering across its various device operating systems using the last two digits of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liquid Glass will extend across platforms \u2014 iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, the same interface will work across the company\u2019s products, executive Alan Dye said Monday during a video presentation from Apple\u2019s headquarters in Cupertino, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also confirmed plans to open up its AI models to outside app creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the changes, Apple is renaming its OS lineup to use the year rather than version numbers. The next generation of software for the flagship iPhone will be known as iOS 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, better known as WWDC, showcases Apple\u2019s latest software and features. Though the company is introducing some new AI capabilities as part of the conference, the focus will be on the new operating systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has filled it some gaps in its AI lineup by teaming up with OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. That relationship, first announced last year, will include new image-creation capabilities, Apple said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also highlighted live-translation capabilities and mapping features that learn from users\u2019 routines. And there\u2019s a new dedicated gaming app that ties together features and lets players challenge their friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artificial intelligence market has been a weak spot for Apple. After unveiling its Apple Intelligence platform at last year\u2019s WWDC, the company was slow to roll out new features \u2014 and its technology has paled next to that of Silicon Valley peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s conference isn\u2019t expected to turn things around, but Apple is planning to showcase bigger AI breakthroughs at WWDC in 2026, Bloomberg News has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple also has been contending with rising tariffs, prompting it to shift production of US-bound iPhones to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with the changes, the company is increasingly likely to\u00a0raise prices. Apple typically unveils new devices in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liquid Glass will roll out across all platforms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-Icon-Composer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-Icon-Composer.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-Icon-Composer-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Apple-WWDC25-Liquid-Glass-Icon-Composer-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Icon Composer lets developers create Liquid Glass icons across platforms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting with Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple unveiled a new operating system interface called Liquid Glass at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, calling it the company\u2019s broadest design update ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":598018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[605,100126],"class_list":["post-598012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-apple","tag-liquid-glass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598022,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598012\/revisions\/598022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}