Bring more life and personalization to your group chats, by adding backgrounds to your conversations in Messages in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Here's how to change yours for the better.

In this app, the layers of the foreground and background shift as I tilt my phone, creating a pleasing parallax effect. If I ...

OS 26 beta 3 is out now, introducing brand new color options for the default wallpaper including several blues and a pink/purple version.

My first favorite is Spotify's Piano in the Background playlist. This playlist includes hours of calm piano music, perfect ...

Become a faster photographer with Camera shortcuts. Swiping left on your iPhone’s lock screen opens the Camera app by default (though you can also change that shortcut to something else in iOS 18).