Rounding things out for the update-o-rama on Monday, Apple released its long-awaited macOS Tahoe 26 operating system.

The new operating system sports a ton of new features, including the much-hyped Liquid Glass user interface, and focuses on the following major new features and changes:

Liquid Glass:

These changes can be seen with the Dock, app icons, the new Control Center, the App Switcher, and Desktop widgets while the rest of the system adopted a more muted, frostier look.

Desktop widgets:

Users can finally add widgets to the desktop without having to rely on the Notification Center. Desktop widgets have a Liquid Glass look, and like with Notification Center widgets, you can add them from both native and third-party apps.

Spotlight:

This has undergone some of the most significant changes, including the addition of a clipboard history tab (which you can quickly access by pressing Cmd + 4 after invoking Spotlight), as well as Applications (Cmd + 1), Files (Cmd + 2), and Actions (Cmd + 3) tabs.

Actions:

The Actions feature has introduced Quick Keys, which function as shortcut snippets for commonly used commands and features. Quick Keys can execute tasks such as sending text messages and emails, running shortcuts, and more in both native and third-party apps.

Automation:

Automation can now perform functions such as setting shortcuts to run automatically based on the time of day, or based on triggers such as saving a new file to a folder, turning Do Not Disturb on or off, and even connecting to external accessories.

Control Center:

The Control Center feature can now be accessed from the menu bar, and you can customize which controls you'd like to see there, as well as the layout and how much space each control should take.

Continuity:

Live Activities from your iPhone can now be seen on the macOS menu bar, including functions such as iPhone mirroring.

Phone:

Users can now start and better manage calls as opposed to simply answering them. The new Phone app features functions from iOS 26, such as Call Screening and Hold Assist.

Journal:

This allows users to create journals that can include text, graphics, a map view, and multiple journal management.

Apple Games:

Coming to macOS, iOS, and iPadOS at once, this new app is basically Apple's gaming hub, with its own editorial content and centralized cloud saves so gamers can pick up where they left off in their favorite titles.

macOS Tahoe 26 is compatible with the following Macs:

If you've had a chance to try macOS Tahoe 26, please let us know about your experience in the comments, and the full feature list can be found below.