watchOS 26: Liquid Glass design, AI Workout Buddy, and third-party widgets
It’s already that time of the year; it’s mid-June, and Apple is hosting its annual WWDC event in California.
As expected, the big theme of this year’s event is design, with Apple bringing a new Liquid Glass design language to all its devices. You’ll get lots of translucency throughout Apple’s ecosystem, with light refractions and UI elements adapting to your point of view. All of this warrants a new name, hence the “26” appearing in the updates this year.
What I’m getting at is that the main features of watchOS 26 are the design and name. Apple Watch will get the same Liquid Glass design as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro.
But that’s not the most exciting part of watchOS 26, if you ask me. I’m a long-distance runner, and the Apple Watch Series 10 is currently my main tool for managing my health and fitness. As a result, I’m more excited about the Workout app redesign coming to watchOS 26 and the Apple Intelligence-powered Workout Buddy. Support for third-party widgets is also an exciting addition to watchOS 26.
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