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iOS 26 brings a major redesign with Liquid Glass, and based on a new blog post<\/a> from a long-time app designer, it also seems to hint strongly at a significant iPhone design change coming.<\/p>\n iPhone app designer notes curious iOS 26 changes that hint at future iPhones<\/p>\n Craig Hockenberry has been designing iPhone apps since the very beginning. And today on his blog, he shared a fascinating observation from his work optimizing an app update for iOS 26.<\/p>\n Hockenberry writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve spent the few months updating Tot for iOS 26 while watching Sean do the same thing with Tapestry. One thing that\u2019s clear from this work is that you never want a control or container that touches the edge of the screen.<\/p>\n It\u2019s like when safe area insets appeared in iOS 11: it wasn\u2019t clear why you needed them until the iPhone X came along with a notch and a home indicator. And then it changed everything.<\/p>\n There has also been an emphasis on \u201cconcentricity\u201d. It\u2019s an impossible thing to achieve and an easy target for ridicule. But it\u2019s another case where Apple wants to take control of the UI elements that intersect with the physical hardware.<\/p>\n All of this makes me think that Apple is close to introducing devices where the screen disappears seamlessly into the physical edge. Something where flexible OLED blurs the distinction between pixels and bezel. A new \u201cwraparound\u201d screen with safe area insets on the vertical edges of the device, just like we saw with the horizontal edges on iPhone X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What Hockenberry\u2019s referencing is a pattern that\u2019s become common with Apple.<\/p>\n The company will often promote new design frameworks or guidance that, to the average app developer, doesn\u2019t seem to have an obvious reason for existing.<\/p>\n The iOS 11 reference to safe area insets<\/a> is a good example. Another is Apple\u2019s debut of app size classes shortly before the iPad gained proper app multitasking features.<\/p>\n Most users running iOS 26 will just think Liquid Glass<\/a> is a fun new look for their iPhone.<\/p>\n It won\u2019t be clear to users that \u201cyou never want a control or container that touches the edge of the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n But by pointing that out, Hockenberry is exposing how Apple\u2019s own software already hints at future hardware that\u2019s in the works.<\/p>\n Next year\u2019s iPhone Fold<\/a> could certainly be a key consideration in Liquid Glass. <\/p>\n But it also sounds a lot like iOS 26 is hinting at the rumored all-screen, bezel-free iPhone<\/a> that may arrive in 2027.<\/p>\n What do you think iOS 26\u2019s design changes for apps might tell us about future iPhones? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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