Apple’s massive plans with iOS 26 have not precisely been off to a clean begin, with the corporate dealing with widespread mockery on social media as a result of new Liquid Glass redesign, whereas the long-promised AI options in iOS nonetheless stay undelivered.
Nonetheless, past the gloomy information, Apple is bringing some new apps to the upcoming working system, one among which is able to introduce a long-awaited MacBook characteristic to iPhones this September.
Meet iPhone’s Preview app:
iPhones and iPads operating iOS 26 might be greeted with a brand new Preview app, utilizing the identical identify as Apple’s well-liked PDF and picture viewer on MacBooks. The brand new Preview app will supply an choice to view PDFs and pictures saved on iCloud, on the machine, or from different file sources.
The app will permit customers to browse PDFs, making it simpler to maintain paperwork organised and accessible in a single place. Customers will even be capable to edit PDFs and pictures instantly inside the app, with choices to resize, rotate, and regulate recordsdata as wanted. It features a built-in doc scanner for rapidly digitising paperwork, together with a PDF AutoFill characteristic to fill out types. Customers may also create new pictures inside the app, both ranging from scratch or utilizing content material copied to the clipboard.
On MacBooks, opening a PDF or picture from Finder robotically launches it within the Preview app. With iOS 26, your iPhone and iPad will work equally: opening a PDF or picture from the Information app will now launch it instantly inside the brand new Preview app by default.
The interface received’t look precisely just like the Mac model. As a substitute, Preview on iOS 26 makes use of the brand new doc browser design that Apple launched with iOS 18, which is already utilized in apps like Pages and Keynote. This implies it’s going to really feel according to different Apple apps whereas nonetheless bringing Mac-like Preview performance to your iPhone.
iPhone SE (2nd era and later)
