Here’s what it looks like in action:
By embedding spatial computing into users’ photos, arguably a person’s most personal digital real estate, Apple is training people to expect depth and dimension everywhere. And by making it available as a lock-screen feature, it’s even clearer that this is Apple’s attempt to gently introduce people to the direction it’s heading as a company.
While Apple fans and consumers are most likely focused on the other bells in whistles of iOS 26—the new app icons, phone features like call screening, and further personalization options for Messages—we may look back on this update as the first time Apple really started to lean into its AR future.
