OS 26 has introduced a new feature that will help CarPlay take better advantage of the shape of your vehicle's display, Apple announced at WWDC 2025. When enabled, the new Smart Display Zoom will shrink down elements on the screen to fit an extra row of app icons.

However, like every major Apple software release, iOS 26 also comes with a number of minor new improvements and upgrades, both documented and undocumented. We've gone through Apple's docs and took the iOS 26 dev beta for a spin, and we're back with a list of not-so-obvious iOS 26 features you're gonna love.

The update to iOS typically arrives in March. Apple doesn't intend to delay Siri's AI features beyond spring 2026, sources tell Bloomberg.

Your cache specifically affects your web browsing experience, not the rest of your device, but it's still a useful bump. In general, clearing your cache gives your browsers a fresh start, which they usually need after a month or so.

In iOS 26, that process has been simplified. If you open a ringtone in an app like Files, you just need to tap the Share button and pick the Use as Ringtone option. That can cut out a few steps, although you still need to create the ringtone in the first place.

Apple is stepping up its fight against unwanted calls and messages in iOS 26 with smarter voicemail reporting. Here's how it works.

Apple gave Visual Intelligence big updates in iOS 26, making the AI tool behave more like Google’s Circle to Search.

Learn how to downgrade iOS 26 to 18 without losing data: follow this step-by-step guide to learn four methods for safely switching back to iOS 18.

Apple has published a list of which new functions will be available on which iPhones under iOS 26. Some of it seems arbitrary.