There's a lot to love about iPadOS 26, which makes the iPad more like a Mac than ever before. It makes you wonder: why doesn't the iPad have macOS?

At Apple’s WWDC 2025, most of the design buzz centered around a new UI material called “Liquid Glass.” It’s shiny, it refracts light, it’s very Apple. Apple’s VP of Human Interface, Alan Dye, called it the company’s “broadest design update ever,” and it’s definitely a very different look and feel across all of Apple’s devices.