While iOS may have taken much of the spotlight during the beta season since WWDC25, macOS Tahoe 26 packs multiple welcome features in the update rolling out right now across the world. Here’s what’s new.
Liquid Glass
Yes, the system looks different, but not as dramatically different as iOS 26.
You will notice that much of the Liquid Glass looks stuck to the Dock, app icons, the new Control Center, the App Switcher, and Desktop widgets while the rest of the system adopted a more muted, frostier look.
Desktop widgets
This is perhaps one of the more common wishlist items for macOS users worldwide. Now, you can finally add widgets to the desktop, setting them free from Notification Center.
Desktop widgets have a Liquid Glass look, and like with Notification Center widgets, you can add them from both native and third-party apps.
Second only to the new Spotlight, this simple new feature has unexpectedly streamlined quite a bit of my workflow when it comes to quickly-glanceable information I may need during the day.
Spotlight
This is probably one of the most significant changes, and it will be useful to casual and heavy users alike.
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