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Can Luke Stump Cory? First Look at iOS 26 with VoiceOver! | Tech Connect Live!

With the release of Apple's new iOS 26, we will demo this new system via VoiceOver so all you Tech Connecters can familiarize yourself with the changes!

0:00 Start 5:00 Various discussions of video games and musicians 8:30 iOS 26 introduction and development history 11:10 Turning on VoiceOver 12:30 Finding and opening the Phone App 14:00 Bottom tabs in the new Phone App, Calls, Contacts, Keypad and Search 16:45 Calls is the new Recent, how to find your Voicemails? 23:00 Gmail, composing a new email 24:00 Searching within Gmail is now no longer at the top, but now at the bottom 25:30 Filtering Emails in the bottom left, 27:30 careful for floating search box and compose button, 30:30 Podcast App, Search Tab and general navigation 34:00 Messages, 35:30 Composing a new text message, 37:00 Control Center, Exploring by touch works even with Liquid Glass activated, except email app!!! 38:20 Jokes 39:30 How to explore an unfamiliar app and get comfortable with any major update! 41:00 Finding the Maps app, ignoring the unnecessary category label as a screen reader user, 42:00 You cannot open an app if it is partially covered/blurred because it is at the very top or bottom. Even if you hear the phone sees it, you may not be able to open it unless you scroll up or down a bit. 44:30 Upgrading to iOS 26, take away thoughts on this new system,

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