Apple iPhones arrived in 2007, running an unnamed operating system. A year later, it was dubbed iPhone OS 1, which was pretty boring. By 2010, marketing got its act together and came up with “iOS,” just in time for the debut of version 4.
In the previous decade and a half, iOS has undergone a bevy of changes—from embracing dedicated apps (in version 2) and dropping skeuomorphism for flat images (iOS 7) to finally embracing widgets and, for better and worse, AI (it’s trying to get better). We’re now up to iOS 26, after skipping a few numbers (there was never a version 19 to 25) to get there.
Apple’s iOS is so full of features that no single review or story can cover it all. So, we compiled our favorite tips, tricks, and secrets for iOS and the iPhone….