Apple Human Interface Guidelines — v2 vs v1 Summary

Document change date: Feb 6, 2026, 5:50 PM CST

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Getting started
- Design principles
- Designing for iOS
- Designing for iPadOS
- Designing for macOS
- Designing for tvOS
- Designing for visionOS
- Designing for watchOS
- Designing for games
- Designing for iPhone Duo
Foundations
- Accessibility Modified +1 -0
- App icons
- Branding
- Color
- Dark Mode
- Icons
- Images
- Immersive experiences
- Inclusion
- Layout
- Materials
- Motion
- Privacy
- Right to left
- SF Symbols
- Spatial layout
- Typography
- Writing
Patterns
Components
- Content
- Layout and organization
- Menus and actions
  - Activity views
  - Buttons Modified +2 -1
  - Context menus
  - Dock menus
  - Edit menus
  - Home Screen quick actions
  - Menus
  - Ornaments
  - Pop-up buttons
  - Pull-down buttons
  - The menu bar
  - Toolbars
- Navigation and search
- Presentation
  - Action sheets
  - Alerts
  - Page controls
  - Panels
  - Popovers
  - Scroll views
  - Sheets
  - Windows
- Selection and input
- Status
- System experiences
  - App Shortcuts
  - Complications
  - Controls
  - Live Activities
  - Notifications
  - Snippets
  - Status bars
  - Top Shelf
  - Watch faces
  - Widgets
Inputs
Technologies
- AirPlay
- Always On
- App Clips
- Apple In-App Purchase
- Apple Pay
- Augmented reality
- CareKit
- CarPlay
- Game Center
- Generative AI
- HealthKit
- HomeKit
- iCloud
- ID Verifier
- iMessage apps and stickers
- Live Photos
- Mac Catalyst
- Machine learning
- Maps
- NFC
- Photo editing
- ResearchKit
- SharePlay
- ShazamKit
- Sign in with Apple
- Siri
- Tap to Pay on iPhone
- VoiceOver
- Wallet