Looking at the home screens, the primary difference you'll find is that in iOS 26 the background of the dock and the search option that sits in between the dock and the home screen icons are more transparent and have a sheen to the edges, whereas in iOS 18, these are slightly darker.

The public beta for iPhone introduces one of the most dramatic iOS redesigns ever.

Dubbed Liquid Glass, the new look and feel will extend across all of Apple's upcoming operating systems.