It is generally the most flashy software features that make the headlines, but for my money, it is the functional functions that deserve the most attention. Example: iOS 26, where the liquid glass is on everyone’s lips, but fewer people discuss Apple’s decision to move the iPhone search bars and other control buttons down the screen. With this minor tweak, the parameter application, the telephone application and the messages are now much more comfortable to use, as are the call commands on video calls Facetime. It may look like a small change, but I like that I no longer need to stretch my fingers or hold my phone with both hands for everyday tasks on my iPhone.
This change has long been to come
From my first iPhone, the iPhone 5S, I tried to facilitate the realization of my thumb to reach my most important applications. This was once difficult in the previous iterations of iOS, because you could not personalize the home screen anywhere as much as you can today. I would always do my best to organize my favorite applications in a inverted form near the lower right corner of the screen, so that I can easily type them with one hand, but my ability to do it was limited. Nowadays, you can place an application icon almost anywhere on the home screen, and even the control center can be personalized, but there was still room for improvement.
For example, all my careful planning has always become out of the window as soon as I opened an application. Many applications follow what Apple has done so far and place its search bars up the phone screen, where they are difficult to reach. Some third -party applications put their creation / composition buttons near the lower corner of the iPhone, but the own Apple applications were not really optimized for ergonomics, which established a bad precedent. It was not such a big problem on my tiny iPhone 5S, but since I went to a professional model, it has become more important to me. Fortunately for me, in iOS 26, Apple finally started to solve this problem.
The reworked back gesture is great
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As a right -handed person, I never appreciated the rear gesture in iOS, which forced me to move my thumb to the left edge of the screen and slide on the right. In iOS 26, many Apple applications now allow you to come back by sliding directly from anywhere on the screen. It is a welcome change.
The search bars are easier to reach
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When opening mail, messages, notes, podcasts, telephone or settings in iOS 26, you should notice a welcome change. Yes, the bar / search button is now near the bottom of the screen. In all these applications, I largely use the search function, and this now requires much less effort to reach the button with my thumb. Hoping that other developers follow suit.
The composition button is where it should be
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Some applications include a button that helps you create a new file, compose an email, start a new conversation, etc. In iOS 26, many Apple applications moved this button in the lower corner of the screen, inspired by these third -party applications that I mentioned earlier. Examples include the Create a reminder button in reminders, Compose the email button in mail, and New message Button in messages. Finally, Apple catches up with the rest of the App Store.
What do you think so far?
The new compact Safari arrangement is quite ergonomic
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While Safari moved its address bar at the bottom of the screen in a previous version of iOS, the browser version included in iOS 26 added a new compact arrangement that makes it even more ergonomic. You can now maintain the address bar and slide up to use the copy function, which is a much easier way to copy the URLs than to press the sharing button and press the copy. You can also double the three -point button to sign the pages quickly. That said, I hope Apple will find a way to keep the sharing and tabs visible buttons in the future iterations of the compact arrangement. These two buttons are now buried under the three -point button, which is not ideal.
To move at a more familiar provision, you can go to Settings> Applications> Safari In iOS 26, scroll downwards Tabsand choose Down.
The new facetime video call commands are a huge step forward
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Facetime video calls had call commands at the top of the screen, but that has changed in iOS 26. You will now see these buttons aligned near the lower right corner of the screen. This facilitates the mutation, turn off the camera, change your audio device or simply finish the call.
