iOS 26 vs. Android: Liquid Glass & Material 3 Expressive, Circle to Search competitor, more

iOS 26 vs. Android: Liquid Glass & Material 3 Expressive, Circle to Search competitor, more

At WWDC 2025, it's interesting how Android 16 QPR1 and iOS 26 are releasing new design languages in the same year.

Android 16's Material 3 Expressive shows just how bad iOS 26's redesign really is

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Forget summer already; it’s software season, and it’s positively raining betas. Between Android 16 and the new iOS 26, I’ve been knee-deep in mobile OSs and, well… I have notes. If you’re a regular reader, you might know that I’m not a huge fan of Google’s new Material 3 Expressive. I don’t hate it, but certainly don’t love its paranoia of anything approaching a right-angle. But compared to what Apple’s …

iOS 26 looks an awful lot like Android in many ways

As was expected ahead of time, Apple used its WWDC 2025 keynote to reveal iOS 26, the latest major software upgrade coming to iPhones. Many of the upcoming features will look familiar to Android users, from how calls get translated on the fly, to the way you can look up information online. If you saw iOS 26 and felt like you just awoke from a cryogenic slumber, don’t stress. Apple confirmed that all of its operating systems are now unified under…