Along with the iOS 26 update on your iPhone or iPad, you also got a new app for all your document annotation needs. Here’s what you can do with Preview.
Apple has introduced dozens of first-party apps over the years. It seems that the company is determined to introduce a new line of flashy headline features with each iteration of iOS, and every once in a while, you might notice that a new application has suddenly appeared on your phone with no explanation as to what it is or how to use it. The launch of iOS 26 is no exception. This latest version of the operating system has a whole host of new features that you may want to check out as soon as possible after updating, which are aimed at everything from productivity and creativity to simple convenience.
One such feature is a new app called Preview that is exclusively available for iPhone and iPad users. This is a free app, which is similar to the macOS version of the app, optimized for a touch interface. It has already sparked quite a bit of curiosity in the Apple user community. To put it simply, Preview is a PDF/image/document editing and annotation platform, but it has a wide range of different features that take it well beyond the capabilities of Apple’s already existing Files app — though there are a few tricks to help you get the most out of Files as well. If you’ve noticed Preview appear on your iPhone after the recent update, then you might be curious to learn a bit more about what it can do, how it works, and what users who have already played around with it think about its performance.
