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Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26, featuring a major UI redesign with transparent effects, an improved Spotlight search that offers more relevant results and actions, and a new Phone app that mirrors iOS functionality, including call relaying and live translation. This update is the last major release for older Intel-based Macs with T2 Security Chips.
macOS Tahoe 26 introduces several new features including desktop widgets with Liquid Glass design, an enhanced Spotlight with clipboard history and Quick Keys, automation capabilities, a customizable Control Center, and new apps like Phone, Journal, and Apple Games, improving user workflow and integration across Apple devices, despite some initial bugs.
macOS Tahoe 26 introduces several underrated features that enhance the Mac experience, including visual upgrades to Terminal, expanded automation with Shortcuts, Markdown support in Notes, improved Picture in Picture in Safari, customizable folders, pinned collections in Photos, Vehicle Motion Cues for accessibility, and gaming quality-of-life improvements, emphasizing Mac-specific enhancements alongside design unification with iOS and iPadOS.
Apple has released the public beta of macOS Tahoe 26, introducing a visual overhaul with Liquid Glass effects, customizable widgets, a redesigned Control Center, enhanced Spotlight, new apps like Journal and Apple Games, and expanded accessibility features. Users can install the beta via the Apple Beta Program, but should do so cautiously due to potential bugs and instability.
macOS Tahoe 26 introduces significant updates to the Messages app, including customizable backgrounds, polls, group typing indicators, improved spam filtering, enhanced search with natural language support, live translation, and a redesigned conversation details interface, all set to be released later this year.
Apple's new Liquid Glass UI design for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and MacOS Tahoe 26 has received mixed reactions, with some critics comparing its transparent elements to older software like Windows Vista, and even Microsoft joking that Apple copied the idea, highlighting ongoing debates over design originality.
Apple announced macOS Tahoe 26, a major update featuring a new design with Liquid Glass elements, enhanced personalization, improved Spotlight, seamless Continuity with iPhone, and new AI-powered capabilities like Live Translation and smarter shortcuts, aiming to boost Mac's capabilities and user productivity.