Buffer for iOS 26 is the Biggest update we have ever sent To our mobile app.
The update includes:
- ✨ Fresh new design with the liquid glass system from Apple
- 💡 New ideas shortcut + action button for storing ideas on the road
- ⌚ Brand-New Apple Watch app (queues, goals, stripes, ideas)
- 📅 New calendar daily display with all channels in one place
- 🎯 Place goals with progress rings on your Avatars channel
- + Dozens more improvements that make buffer more flexible and flexible for makers en route.
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This update also feels like a full-circle moment. In 2012 we launched our very first iPhone app, built by Andy, who is still at Buffer who leads the technical work on iOS today. That first app introduced a Safari -Bladwijzer, so that you can “add to Buffer” while reading an article. Twelve years later, Andy still builds the same app with extra support from Daniel, our designer based in Malta, who led the design vision for iOS 26.
A modern experience with liquid glass
The Buffer app now uses the new liquid glass design system from Apple in iOS 26. Navigation feels cleaner, widgets are smarter and the app remembers where you had left.
Highlights:
- Fresh new design with liquid glass
- Smarter widgets and onboarding
- Return to your last place in the app
- Easier channel switching with fewer modals
- A playful new startup animation and smoother loading of images
Easy to capture or watch ideas of content on your phone
Ideas rarely wait until you sit at your desk. With iOS 26 you can capture them the moment they come to you.
Highlights:
- A new ideas shortcut in the control center or the iPhone button button
- Idea -Composer on Apple Watch
- Buffer now available in the shortcuts -App
Stay informed of your goals for placing social media
Consistency is easier when you can see your progress. This update makes it easy to keep an eye on queues, goals and stripes from your phone or wrist.
Highlights:
- Queue counts between organizations
- Place target settings for each channel
- Progress is around Avatars to follow goals
- A new day display in the calendar
- Apple Watch complications for stripes, goals and queues
Buffer on your wrist via an Apple Watch app
For the first time, Buffer is on Apple Watch. You can check your queue, follow your line or record an idea without going to your phone.
I use the iOS app almost every day. Usually it notes post ideas when something pops up in my head, or checks how many messages I have prepared for a busy week. Other times I will browse through the agenda to see everything at a glance. The little check-ins who keep me on course.
This update makes those moments more flexible for me. Saving an idea is now a tap of the lock screen. The calendar is clearer and easier to work with. And if I want to keep an eye on my stripes or post goals, I can do it directly from my watch.
None of this would exist without Andy, who has been with the app since day one, and Daniel, who has led the design system that is the basis for the entire release. Andy was built on more than a decade of history with the app, while Daniel brought a new perspective and vessel to the design. Together they made the app faster, easier to navigate and ready for what comes next.
Try the new app and let us know what you think. Your feedback has always formed the buffer and I look forward to hearing how this update fits in your workflow.
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